Luther L. Miller v. Capers E. Boan

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by a tenant against a landlord for double the amount of an alleged overcharge of rent. 1 The land lord (Miller) rented a house — a basement and three floors — unfurnished to a single lessee for $112.50 a month. The Rent Administrator fixed that amount as the allowable rent ceiling. Then the landlord furnished the whole house and rented it in two parts, the basement apartment to one tenant and the three upper floors to another tenant. The Rent Administrator fixed the monthly-rent ceilings at $50 for the furnished basement apartment and $165 for the…