Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
- Citation
- Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
- Parent Document
- Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
- Jurisdiction
- DC (municipal)
- Effective Date
- 1995-10-02
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2381535/ayers-v-landow/ ↗
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1,017 charsIn the present instance, as in most cases, the salutary purpose of avoiding eviction without notice could be achieved simply by serving the tenant with the landlord's complaint for possession. Davis, supra, 104 Daily Wash.L.Rptr. at 934. Landow had ample time following the service of that pleading to prepare his defense. Under these circumstances, any imperfection in the timing,[8] content,[9] or manner of service[10] of the notice did not cause or threaten any of the mischief which a notice to quit was initially designed to avert. Cf. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, THE PATH OF THE LAW 187 (1921) ("[i]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the time of Henry IV"). We think it fair to conclude, in any event, that Ayers' failure to comply with the commands of § 45-1406 did not prejudice Landow at all. It is not surprising that the first substantive words spoken by Landow's attorney at the trial were: "Your Honor, landlord and tenant law is a law of technicalities."