Ambassador Apartments, Inc. v. Porter

MARIS, Chief Judge.

The complainant is the owner of a private dwelling house located at 332 West 83rd Street, New York City. During the period from April through September, 1944 the complainant remodelled the premises into an apartment house having nine rental dwelling units. Eight of the apartments were first rented as of September 1, 1944 and one as of October 1, 1944.

About September 21, 1944 complainant received a letter from the Office of Price Administration directing attention to the fact that failure to file registration statements was a violation of the regulation and advising the…