Mitcham v. Patterson

This is an action brought under Federal legislation for the regulation of housing accommodations and rentals by a tenant against his landlord, in which it is claimed that the landlord is liable in treble damages plus attorney’s fees for excess rents charged and received from the tenant during the period from September 5, 1949 to November 19, 1949. It is a purely statutory action. Legislation of this kind will be dealt with by our courts as purely remedial laws, having for their object the promotion of justice and presumably having been enacted in furtherance thereof. Actions arising simply to…