Caton v. Flig

Plaintiffs, as tenants in an apartment building known as 2038 West Coulter street in Chicago, filed a complaint in the municipal court based on section 205 of the Housing and Bent Act of 1947, extended by Act of Congress in 1948 and 1949, for judgment against the defendant landlord in treble the amount of claimed overcharges in rent demanded and accepted by the landlord from each of the plaintiffs in excess of the maximum-ceiling rental for their respective apartments. Plaintiffs having demanded trial by jury, defendant filed a petition asking for an order giving her a separate trial as to…