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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 10

Citation
Section 10
Parent Document
Jack Spicer Real Estate, Inc. v. Gassaway, 353 A.2d 288 (1976)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1976-03-09

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Appellant asserts that by eliminating the right of a landlord to evict a tenant by sufferance without stating any reason therefor in the notice to quit, the Council has created a new tenancy which has the effect of depriving the landlord of his property without due process of law. It argues in addition that Section 10 impairs the obligation of contracts in violation of U.S.Const, art. I, § 10, since it nullifies a common provision in lease agreements whereby the tenant waives the right of a thirty-day notice to quit. As this court noted years ago in Walsh v. Cooper,