J. LEO KOLB COMPANY v. Williams

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment under the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, D.C.Code 1951, § 45-1601 et seq. (which expired July 31, 1953) for double overcharges of rent for an apartment. Appellant is a real estate broker who negotiated the lease and collected the rent. 1

The apartment was vacant in the early part of 1951 and extensive improvements were made at a cost of more than $3,000. Because of these improvements, and while the apartment was still vacant, appellant on June 20, 1951, filed a petition with the Rent Administrator asking that the rent ceiling be…