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Section 45-1561

Citation
Section 45-1561
Parent Document
Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1 (1986)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1986-10-30
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1995493/habib-v-thurston/ ↗

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We concluded, therefore, that the tenant “had no pending claim or defense which would have entitled her to an abatement of the rent.” At 12. She had preserved “no claim tending to show that the landlord was entitled to less than the amount paid into the registry. Accordingly, ‘[wjhere, as here, ... no entitlement to an offset is even alleged, the court may properly release the funds in the registry to the landlord without an evidentiary hearing.’ City Wide Learning Center, Inc., 488 A.2d at 1314 (citation omitted)” (footnote omitted). At 13-14.