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John Joseph Clarke, Jr., a Minor, by Muriel Clarke, His Mother and Next Friend, and Muriel Clarke v. Dagmar O'COnnOr, 435 F.2d 104 (1970)

Citation
John Joseph Clarke, Jr., a Minor, by Muriel Clarke, His Mother and Next Friend, and Muriel Clarke v. Dagmar O'COnnOr, 435 F.2d 104 (1970)
Parent Document
John Joseph Clarke, Jr., a Minor, by Muriel Clarke, His Mother and Next Friend, and Muriel Clarke v. Dagmar O'COnnOr, 435 F.2d 104 (1970)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1970-10-15

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Rather than leasing the house to one individual or family, appellee, in effect, leased to a group of strangers contemplated by themselves and by the appellee to use the premises as “roommates”, each without formal ties or responsibilities to the others. Additionally, appellee held herself out as assuming responsibility for regular maintenance of the house, instructing the tenants to call designated repairmen at appellee’s expense. In these circumstances it is not surprising that no one of the girls assumed the responsibility for seeing that the screen remained in place, but rather relied on appellee to use reasonable care to maintain the premises for them. 26