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
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2099814/auger-v-tasea-investment-co/ ↗

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If we proceed from the trial court’s finding that the parties had negotiated a month-to-month lease at $500 per month — a finding that the majority does not challenge and is not clearly erroneous on this record — then there is no basis in the agreement or at law for the court to permit a unilateral rent increase simply because the partnership agreement has “no limitation” against it. There is not a particle of evidence, let alone a trial court finding, that Auger agreed to such a thing. The agreement was for rent at a “reasonable rate.” The court found the parties had agreed that $500 per month was reasonable. Even if Tasea and Auger both had anticipated that the “reasonable rate” for the premises would increase over time, there is no basis of record for inferring, let alone a trial court finding, that the parties had agreed that the time for an increase had come, or that they had put in place some mechanism for determining an increase in the established “reasonable rate” without further negotiations.6

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