If the value of the improvements referred to in this chapter is found by the jury to exceed the damages of the plaintiff, the plaintiff may elect either to pay to the defendant the amount of the excess or to demand of the defendant the value of the plaintiff’s property, without the improvements, as fixed by the jury, and tender to the defendant a deed for the property, with all the plaintiff’s right, title, and interest therein.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 567, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
1981 Ed., § 16-1120.
1973 Ed., § 16-1120.
This section is referenced in § 16-1122.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 11 - Ejectment and Other Real Property Actions
§ 16–1101. Parties defendant; joint tenants and tenants in common
§ 16–1102. Failure of tenant to give notice to landlord
§ 16–1103. Contents of complaint; adverse possession
§ 16–1105. Legal title in mortgagee or trustee; possession
§ 16–1106. Performance of contract by vendee as precluding vendor from recovery
§ 16–1107. Several judgments against defendants occupying distinct parcels
§ 16–1108. Recovery of less than is claimed
§ 16–1109. Recovery of mesne profits and damages; separate count
§ 16–1110. Recovery, by landlord, of furniture, arrears in rent, and damages; separate counts
§ 16–1111. Separate action for rent or damages
§ 16–1112. Expiration of title pending suit; damages
§ 16–1113. Defense of adverse possession; enclosure
§ 16–1114. Verdict; judgment; costs; future actions
§ 16–1115. Conclusiveness of final judgment
§ 16–1116. Improvements; notice; good faith; directions to jury; measure of damages
§ 16–1117. New trial as to assessment
§ 16–1118. Judgment for damages in excess of improvements
§ 16–1119. Judgment when improvements and damages are equal
§ 16–1120. Election of plaintiff if value of improvements exceeds damages
§ 16–1121. Judgment and writ of possession after payment for improvements
§ 16–1122. Judgment and writ of possession after tender of deed and defendant’s refusal to pay
§ 16–1123. Judgment for defendant after plaintiff’s refusal to pay excess or tender deed