Lutz v. Bender

In an action tried in the county court of Cook county without a jury, Charles R. Lutz and Nancy G. Lutz were awarded a judgment against Irene Bender and Herman Fidler for $251, being three times the sum of $42, or a total of $126 as damages, and the further sum of $125 for attorney’s fees, pursuant to sec. 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947. Defendants, appealing, ask that the judgment be reversed.

On September 14, 1947, plaintiffs rented from the defendants apartment 42F in the building at 1404 North Clark street, Chicago, known as the Rene Apartments, at a weekly rental of $18 payable…