Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Stanford
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 27, 1952No. 1214PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs sued their landlords for $1,530 representing double the amount of rent overcharges under the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act. 1 Trial was had without a jury and plaintiffs appeal from a finding and judgment for defendant landlords.
Defendants were in no way connected with the property involved on the freeze date of January 1, 1941, and in their answer they said that they were without knowledge as to what the rent was on that date. They also alleged that after acquiring the property in 1946 they had by repairs and the addition of personal property and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Putnam v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. RiccardiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Kinsey v. State of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1937
- Shokuwan Shimabukuro v. Higeyoshi NagayamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Shea v. FridleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Killeen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Pickett v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- Hamilton v. BlankenshipDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- Berry v. KeithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
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