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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Golphin v. Park Monroe Associates, 353 A.2d 314 (1976)

Citation
Golphin v. Park Monroe Associates, 353 A.2d 314 (1976)
Parent Document
Golphin v. Park Monroe Associates, 353 A.2d 314 (1976)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1976-02-24

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*317In Edwards v. Habib, supra, a landlord brought a possessory action against his month-to-month tenant after serving the tenant with the statutorily required 30 days’ notice to quit.7 The tenant sought to invoke a defense of “retaliatory eviction.” Edzvards held that “proof of a retaliatory motive . . . constitute^] a defense to an action of eviction”, and remanded the case to afford the tenant the opportunity to prove that the 30 days’ notice to quit was in retaliation against her reporting housing code violations to the governmental authorities.