Forat v. Rauer

1. Defendant’s contention that the payment of a bonus to the assignor of a lease does not constitute an overcharge of rent in excess of the maximum permissible rent under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, §§ 904(a), 925(e), unless the relation of landlord and tenant exists, is without substance. Rent includes “consideration * * * received for * * * the transfer of a lease.” Rent Regulation for Housing in New York City Defense-Rental Area § 13(10), 8 Fed.Reg. 13914. The recovery provisions of the Act are not conditioned upon a finding of the relation of…