Markbreiter v. Woods

MARIS, Chief Judge.

This complaint, which was filed under Section 204(e) of the Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 924 (e), seeks a declaratory judgment that an order of the Area Rent Director of the New York City Defense Rental Area issued October 23, 1946, fixing the maximum rent for Apartment No. 9 at 123 East Boardwalk, Long Beach, New York, at $133 per month furnished, was invalid. The order in question purported by its express terms to be effective as of November 1, 1943.

In reliance upon the order one William Dauman, a tenant of the complainants for the summer season of…