D.C. Code § 16-3548

Recovery of damages from usurper; limitation.

Effective Jul 29, 1970Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 603, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 564, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 145(n)

At any time within a year from a judgment in a quo warranto proceeding, the relator may bring an action against the party ousted and recover the damages sustained by the relator by reason of the ousted party’s usurpation of the office to which the relator was entitled.

History

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 603, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1

July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 564, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 145(n)

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 16-3548.

1981 Ed., § 16-3548.

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