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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1 (1986)

Citation
Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1 (1986)
Parent Document
Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1 (1986)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1986-10-30

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The trial court, in a memorandum order referring to the landlord’s dismissal of his claim for nonpayment of rent, released the funds to the tenant. The court observed that “[t]he character of [the landlord-tenant] relationship takes on a distinctly unequal pallor when the [landlord], having nonsuited himself on the merits, then asks the court to dis[burse] to him the [tenant’s] monies entered into the Registry of the court in good faith.”