Johnson v. Andrews

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Chemung County Court, in favor of plaintiff in an action to recover an overcharge of rent under the State Residential Rent Law (L. 1946, ch. 274, as amd.). Concededly plaintiff paid $60 per month rental during the period in question. The established maximum rent during all of this time was $36 per month for the apartment in question, unfurnished. It is appellant’s contention that because some furniture was added to the apartment at the commencement of this tenancy the maximum rental for an unfurnished apartment does not apply because the character of…