Angelo Property Co., Lp v. Hafiz

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reiterating that \the primary issue for the trial court to resolve is the 'right to possession' as between a landlord and a tenant\
• finding although there was no question regarding right to possession, the unlawful detainer action was not converted to a civil suit because the trial court expressly stated it did not convert the action before it assumed jurisdiction over the tenant's counterclaim
• finding although there was no question regarding right to possession, the unlawful detainer action was not converted to a civil suit because the trial court expressly stated it did not convert the action before it assumed jurisdiction over the tenant’s counterclaim
• no subject matter jurisdiction when court could have converted unlawful detainer action to general action for damages, but did not do so
• unlawful detainer court \sits in a statutorily limited capacity and lacks authority to resolve issues outside the scope ofthe unlawful detainer statute\
• not allowing a counterclaim of constructive eviction where landlord's grounds in the unlawful detainer action involved allegations of using the property for unlawful activities and committing waste

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).