Legal Opinion
Evans v. Schlein
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 19, 1948No. 603PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from an order dismissing a complaint in which plaintiffs sought to recover of their landlords $18,314.54 for various items of overcharge of rent, and for failure to maintain certain minimum service standards under the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Control Act.1
The complaint charged that whereas on the statutory freeze date, January 1, 1941, the maximum rent ceiling on the house involved was $20 per month, defendant landlords had for sixty months charged them $30 per month. Instead of claiming $1200, which would have been twice the overcharge as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hall v. Henry J. Robb, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Hicks v. BehrendDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
- Goldberg v. RoumelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
- Schlein v. EvansDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Schachter v. SingerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
3Cited by7 opinions
- Watwood v. Credit Bureau, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Bond v. PinchotDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Schlein v. EvansDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Cogswell v. AikenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Mancuso v. SantucciDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
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