Banks v. Adelman

The plaintiffs, as tenants, brought this action under § 2231c of the 1953 Cumulative Supplement to recover from their landlord for rent charged in excess of the maximum prescribed by the act regulating rents in housing accommodations. Cum. Sup. 1953, e. 356. Section 2231c forbids the acceptance of a payment of rent in excess of the legal limit and gives to the tenant overcharged a right of recovery from his landlord for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs as determined by the court, plus liquidated damages of either $50 or three times the amount of the excess collected, whichever is greater,…