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Auger v. Tasea Investment Co., 676 A.2d 18 (1996)

Citation
Auger v. Tasea Investment Co., 676 A.2d 18 (1996)
Parent Document
Auger v. Tasea Investment Co., 676 A.2d 18 (1996)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1996-05-16

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The question, then, is how Tasea could lawfully get out of the arrangement either by evicting Auger or by charging him more. Under District of Columbia law, a landlord can hold a tenant liable for an amount greater than the agreed rental for property leased month-to-month only in two ways: (1) the *22 landlord may unilaterally terminate the lease by giving a valid thirty-day notice to quit,[3] followed by the tenant's remaining on the property as a hold-over tenant liable for any increased value;[4] or (2) the parties can mutually agree to a new lease, accomplishing a novation of the old lease without need for a formal termination procedure. In the first situation, any increase upon expiration of the tenancy must be attributable to a demonstrably greater value of the premises than the previously bargained rent level reflected. See supra note 4. In the second situation, the parties will have bargained for a new tenancy at a higher rent level.[5]