If the title of the plaintiff in ejectment expires after the commencement of his action but before the trial, and but for the expiration he would have been entitled to recover, the verdict shall find the facts, and the plaintiff may recover his damages sustained by the wrongful withholding of the possession.
CREDIT(S)
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 566, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 10(n), 45 DCR 745.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 16-1112.
1973 Ed., § 16-1112.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 16-1109.