Hamel v. Elliott

(After stating the foregoing facts.) One assignment of error is that the judgment of the court is contrary to the law and the evidence. The verdict of the jury was supported by evidence, that the maximum rent on the premises in question for the 12 months’ period preceding the filing of the suit was $25 per month, and that the rent paid for that period was $28.75 per month. The jury was authorized to find the overcharge to be $45. The evidence also authorized the jury to find that the overcharge was neither wilful nor the result of failure to take practicable precautions against the occurrence…