Reemsen v. Stone

This appeal is prosecuted from a summary judgment in a civil action for $1,200, that being three times the amount of wilful' rent overcharges for an apartment in the city of Chicago. The action was brought by plaintiffs as tenants against defendants-landlords under § 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 as amended, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1895.

The action was filed on September 8, 1950. The facts are not in dispute. The maximum rent for the apartment was $10 per week. No claim was made by defendants that the Housing Expediter or the United States had instituted an action to-recover the…