Wright v. Youkilis

This is an action to recover an alleged rental charge exceeding the maximum fixed by the area rent office under the provisions of the United States Housing and Rent Control Act (61 Stats. at L., 199, Title 50, Section 1895 Appendix, U. S. Code). The Municipal Court of Cincinnati, in which this action was instituted, found that there had been an overcharge of $25 per month and awarded judgment based on that finding for 11 months together with an attorney’s fee of $150. It is from that judgment that this appeal is taken.

The plaintiff was a lessee of an apartment on the second floor of a…