Just v. Graf

In an action by tenants to recover from landlords treble damages and attorney’s fee by reason of an overcharge of rent in excess of the fixed maximum rent (Emergency Housing Rent Control Law, § 11, subd. 5; L. 1946, eh. 274, as amd.), the plaintiffs, by permission of this court, appeal from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, dated October 19, 1961, which modified a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, rendered April 17, 1961 upon the decision of that court after a nonjury trial. The Municipal Court awarded plaintiffs treble damages amounting to $649.97…