Barnabo v. Lewis

HOOD, Judge.

Appellant was furnished room and board by appellee for a period of thirty-one months at a rate of $60 per month. Appellant then sued appellee, alleging that he had been overcharged $20 per month and that by reason of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act1 he was entitled to recover double the overcharge, a total of $1240.2

Appellee admitted that on January 1, 1941, the freeze date under the rent act, she charged $40 for room and board; that later, without approval from the Rent Administrator, she raised the rate to $60; and that she charged appellant the higher rate during…