§ 42-3220Title 42
Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life.
It shall and may be lawful for any person or persons, having any rent in arrear, or due upon any lease or demise for life or lives, to bring an action or actions of debt for such arrears of rent, in the same manner they might have done, in case such rent were due, and reserved upon a lease for years.
Annotations
8 Ann, ch. 14, § 4, 1709 Kilty’s Rep. 248 Alex. Br. Stat. 682 Comp. Stat. D.C., 325, § 42 1973 Ed., § 45-922. 1981 Ed., § 45-1420.
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