Legal Opinion
Hogan v. Coleman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1951PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The plaintiff brought this action of contract or tort under the emergency price control act of 1942 (56 U. S. Sts. at Large, 23 et seq.) and the housing and rent act of 1947 (61 U. S. Sts. at Large, 193 et seq.) to recover treble damages, an attorney’s fee and costs because of alleged overcharges of rent by the defendant for a period extending from July, 1945, to September, 1948. The judge found for the defendant, the Appellate Division dismissed the report, and the plaintiff appealed.
At the trial there was evidence of the following facts. At all times here material the defendant owned a two…
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