Kase v. Cohen

Plaintiff, alleging a violation of a maximum rent order issued under regulations adopted pursuant to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended (Act, § 205, subd. [e] ; U. S. Code, tit. 50, Appendix, § 925), seeks to recover excess rents paid and asks for treble damages together with attorney’s fees and costs.

On November 15, 1945, plaintiff as tenant entered into a written lease with defendant as landlord covering premises 536 West Market Street, Long Beach, New York, for a two-year period commencing December 1,1945, and ending November 30, 1947, at an annual rental of $1,800,…