Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)

Citation: Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)
Parent Document: Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 1975-05-22
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/326412/camalier-buckley-madison-inc-v-t... ↗

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. Madison invokes the familiar principle that punitive damages ordinarily are not recoverable for breach of contract alone, Brown v. Coates, 102 U.S.App.D.C. 300, 303-304, 253 F.2d 36, 39-40, 67 A.L.R.2d 943 (1958); Minick v. Associated Inv. Co., 71 App.D.C. 367, 368, 110 F.2d 267, 268 (1940); McIntosh v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 268 A.2d 518, 521 (D.C.App. 1970); Den v. Den, 222 A.2d 647, 648 (D.C. App.1966), and embellishes it with the suggestion that the activities by which Madison regained possession of the leased premises were inextricably connected with the alleged breach of contract. We note initially that the instruction attacked was authored and requested by Madison’s trial counsel (not his counsel on appeal), with the result that Madison is hardly in position to complain. Fed.R.Civ.P. 51; Imperial Ins., Inc. v. Employers’ Liab. Assurance Corp., 143 U.S.App.D.C. 173, 177, 442 F.2d 1197, 1201 (1970); Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Holland v. Tuller, 110 U.S.App.D.C. 282, 292, 292 F.2d 775, 785, cert. denied, 368 U.S. 921, 82 S.Ct. 243, 7 L.Ed.2d 136 (1961); Boyle v. Bond, 88 U.S.App.D.C. 178, 179, 187 F.2d 362, 363 (1951); Feltman v. Norris, 84 U.S.App. D.C. 295, 172 F.2d 289 (1949). More fundamentally, Madison’s argument ignores trespass and wrongful eviction as additional causes of action, see Part I, supra-

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