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Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)

Citation
Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)
Parent Document
Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1985-04-24

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. Our decision in Nicholas v. Howard, 459 A.2d 1039 (D.C.1983) (per curiam), on which the VA also relies, reflected this understanding. There, tenants of a former owner of a town house held over when the building was purchased. After efforts to negotiate a lease with the tenants were unsuccessful, the new owner brought action for possession and succeeded in evicting them. The only question before this court was whether the new owner, in the same summary action in the Landlord & Tenant Branch, could collect a money judgment for rent arrearages for the period between the purchase of the building and the eviction. We held that the owner could not because there was no contractual landlord-tenant relationship that obligated the former tenants to pay the new owner "rent.” We noted,