Bowen v. Evans

Glenn C. Evans, whom we shall call the tenant, rented an apartment from Mrs. James A. Bowen, whom we shall call the landlord. This was the first renting. The apartment was occupied from March 22, 1946, to December 31, 1947, at an agreed monthly rental of $65. On January 22, 1947, the Atlanta area rent office of the agency then known as “Office of Temporary Controls” issued an order reducing the maximum rent of the apartment from $65 to $47.50 per month, making the same retroactively effective from March 26, 1946. This order was based on the theory that, no registration statement for the…