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Carter v. Boyce

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jul 31, 1958
144 A.2d 110 (D.C. 1958)

Opinion

No. 2189.

Submitted June 2, 1958.

Decided July 31, 1958. Rehearing Denied September 3, 1958.

APPEAL FROM MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CIVIL DIVISION, MILTON S. KRONHEIM, JR., J.

Ewing Laporte, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


Appellant landlord sued appellee tenant for unpaid rent. Appellee denied the indebtedness and counterclaimed for breach of contract, alleging that appellant failed to make certain repairs requisite to obtaining a license to operate the premises as a day home for children of working mothers. The court, sitting without a jury, found for appellee on the original suit and for appellant on the counterclaim. Several errors are alleged, but from a study of the record, it is clear that the case involved factual issues. During argument in the trial court, counsel for appellant stated:

"Well, all I'd care to say is that there is a square issue of fact here, of course, as to what this rental agreement was. It was oral. The defendant [appellee] contends that it included the promise to do certain things. The testimony of the plaintiff [appellant] is to the contrary."

These issues were resolved by the trial court and there are no questions of law for our determination.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Carter v. Boyce

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jul 31, 1958
144 A.2d 110 (D.C. 1958)
Case details for

Carter v. Boyce

Case Details

Full title:Lucille I. CARTER, Appellant, v. Dorothy C. BOYCE, Appellee

Court:Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Date published: Jul 31, 1958

Citations

144 A.2d 110 (D.C. 1958)

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