Case Name: Rachel R. KATZ, Executrix of the Estate of Morris Katz, Appellant, v. William CHEVIE and Virginia Chevie, Appellees
Court: District of Columbia Municipal Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1956-07-20
Citations: 124 A.2d 299
Docket Number: No. 1800
Parties: Rachel R. KATZ, Executrix of the Estate of Morris Katz, Appellant, v. William CHEVIE and Virginia Chevie, Appellees.
Judges: Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 124
Pages: 299–299

Head Matter:
Rachel R. KATZ, Executrix of the Estate of Morris Katz, Appellant, v. William CHEVIE and Virginia Chevie, Appellees.
No. 1800.
Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Submitted June 4, 1956.
Decided July 20, 1956.
Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.
Leonard S. Melrod and Joseph V. Gart-lan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellees.
Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

Opinion:
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellee landlords sued for possession of real estate and for $3,000 overdue rent. Appellant tenant contested the claimed amount of rent, alleging the landlords had failed to pay certain sewer charges which they had agreed to pay. The tenant also filed a counterclaim alleging the landlords had "by a series of suits attempted to harass, annoy, injure, and inconvenience" the tenant. Whether this counterclaim charged malicious prosecution or malicious abuse of process is not clear.
At trial the tenant admitted that $3,000 rent was due and the landlords admitted their liability for $202.49 for sewer charges. After evidence had been received on the charges in the counterclaim, the court took the case from the jury and directed a verdict for the landlords for the amount of the rent less the sewer charges. Examination of the record convinces us that the action of the trial court was correct.
Affirmed.