Astin v. Phillips

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Plaintiffs, tenants of an apartment house, sued their landlord for damages for his alleged refusal to render services required by the applicable minimum service standard under the. provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act.1 From a judgment in favor of the landlord the tenants have appealed.

The record shows that originally all units in the apartment house were rented unfurnished, and that in 1944 when three apartments became vacant the landlord filed a petition for an adjustment of the rent ceiling on .those units, alleging that they had been furnished…