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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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In flagrant violation of the Statute of Frauds (D.C.Code 1973, § 28-3502) and D.C.Code 1973, §§ 45-8071 and 45-901,2 my colleagues change, or permit to be changed by extrinsic evidence, the basic nature of a fixed-term lease. They also create, without acknowledging it, a new and strange type of leasehold estate where one refuses to vacate at the expiration of the lease term. Perhaps it could be called a tenancy by trespass. Whatever it is, it is somehow unprecedently treated as superior to the “estate in possession” of the owner under D.C.Code 1973, § 45-807.