Schwartz v. Weaver

Edgar J. Nath ah, Jr., J.

This proceeding is brought to annul an order of the State Rent Administrator which denied petitioner’s protest ag’ainst an order declaring his premises subject to the emergency housing rent control law.

The premises were registered as a residential unit during the period of Federal rent control and thereafter rented for business purposes. In 1956 the rent commission initiated an investigation and found that this apartment was being used for housing purposes.

Petitioner contends that the housing commission has no jurisdiction since the apartment had been previously…