Peters v. Porter

MAGRUDER, Judge.

This complaint draws into question the validity of an order issued under §§ 4(e) and 5(c) (1) of the Rent Regulation for Housing decreasing the maximum rent of complainant’s 4-room housing unit from $40 to $25, effective retroactively to October 1, 1943.

The facts are in somewhat of a tangle due to many confusing and contradictory statements made by or on behalf of complainant in the course of the proceeding. We do not doubt complainant’s entire good faith, however. A simplified summary of the facts is all that is needed to explain our disposition of the case.

The premises in…