De La Tierre v. Edmonson

SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the defendants, John and Willa Mae Edmonson, in an action by Daisy De La Tierre for alleged rent overcharges under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1881 et seq.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff had rented from the defendants, for the period June 6, 1952, to April 9, 1953, the second floor premises at 256 West 51st Street in Chicago, Illinois, at a monthly rental of $110. It was alleged further that the maximum legal rent during this period, as fixed by an order of the Housing Expediter, was…