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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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Let us consider today’s holding in the context of a fixed-term lease of a habitation where the lessor plans to be away from his home but plans possibly to return upon expiration of the term. If he does so or leases to another and demands possession by refusing to consent to a month-to-month holdover, the tenant may forestall his eviction for the time it takes to get a jury trial on an assertion that refusal is a retaliatory act within a proscriptive regulation. The fundamental nature of an ordinary fixed-term lease has now been changed. It is now for a time certain plus at least litigation time.