Gulden v. Berman

Ground one of the defendant’s amended motion for a new trial assigns as error the court’s direction of a verdict for overeharges dating from May 1, 1948, through August 4, 1949. The defendant contends that sec. 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, limits all actions under the act for overcharges to those occurring during the one-year period immediately preceding the bringing of the action. The defendant’s contention is a correct one. Section 205 of the act reads in part: “Suit to recover such amount may be brought in any Federal, State or Territorial court of competent…