A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34281 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: November 6 1918 Article Description: Officer Can’t Wed Unless He Has Home Article Text: Officer Can’t Wed Unless He Has Home - Lt. Selleck Seeks of Court Right to Use His Own Home Contending that he cannot wed until he has a home for his prospective bride, and that even after buying one he cannot use it because the present tenant contests his right in court, Lt. F. R. SELLECK, U.S.A., yesterday filed an interesting answer to the appeal of Mrs. GERTRUDE GROOT from a judgment of the municipal court awarding Lt. SELLECK the premises at 1350 Fairmont Street, NW, and ousting Mrs. GROOT. His answer asserts that he was commissioned May 3, 1917, and that after vainly seeking a place to live here he was compelled to seek shelter at Alexandria, Virginia. Thereupon he tried to buy a home for himself, two sisters, a cousin and wife, all war workers, he says. It is alleged also that he expects to wed, but cannot until he has a home. He says he purchased the Fairmont Street property July 24 last, and gave Mrs. GROOT a 30-day notice to quit. In the municipal court, it is averred, Mrs. GROOT admitted subletting the house to roomers and not living there herself. On this basis, the lower court placed Lt. SELLECK in possession, he declares. Thereafter, it is alleged, Capt. MAYER, representing Mrs. GROOT, requested all concerned to meet him at his office. Lt. SELLECK offered to relinquish the upper floor of the house to the housing committee, he says, but Mrs. GROOT maintained that unless given the entire house, she would keep the matter in court indefinitely. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com