Winwood v. Sturgeon

Defendant owned a tile-block house and a two-car garage in Youngstown, Mahoning County, which she purchased in 1942. The property was registered under the Federal Rent Control Act, and through 1949 was rented unfurnished at a fixed maximum rental of $35 a month.

The premises were vacant in 1950 and until mid-August 1951, while defendant was remodeling, redecorating and furnishing the house. The house, which consisted of three rooms and a bath, was remodeled by bricking three sides thereof, waterproofing the inside cellar walls, installing plaster walls, replacing windows throughout the house,…