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Akassy v. William Penn Apartments Ltd. Partnership, 891 A.2d 291 (2006)

Citation
Akassy v. William Penn Apartments Ltd. Partnership, 891 A.2d 291 (2006)
Parent Document
Akassy v. William Penn Apartments Ltd. Partnership, 891 A.2d 291 (2006)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2006-02-02

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the landlord’s right to possession of the property depended ultimately upon the legality of the rental increase it demanded. The tenant tendered the amount due under the consent agreement with the exception of the challenged increase. If the landlord could not lawfully demand the increase, then it could not claim that the tenant breached the agreement by refusal to pay it. Thus, the tenant’s pending petition challenging the legality of the rent increase bore directly upon the issue before the court, ie.,