Lundsten v. Largent

This action was brought under the Federal housing and rent act of 1947 as amended (50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, §§ 1881-1884, 1891-1906) and the regulations issued thereunder, to recover three times the amount of certain rental overcharges, to secure the return of a lease deposit in the amount of one hundred sixty dollars, and for an attorney’s fee of two hundred dollars. An action of this character can be maintained against the person who “retains” any payment of rent in excess of the maximum prescribed. 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1895.

The overcharges amounted to twenty dollars a month for twelve…