Kelley v. Hinnant

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Consolidated for trial were two actions, one brought by a landlord for non-payment of rent, and the other brought by the tenant against the landlord under the Rent Act for double the amount of alleged rent overcharges. The trial judge decided both cases against the landlord, who now appeals.

The evidence was that the tenant moved into the house in January, 1952, and paid $100 for eleven months. On January 1, 1941, the original statutory freeze date, the rent was $50 per month, and there was no evidence that any increase had been approved by the Rent Administrator.…