Scheide v. Porstmann

CHESNUT, District Judge.

In this case the plaintiffs as tenants are suing the defendants, as landlords, for treble damages for an alleged overcharge for rent. The suit is based on the Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq. The authority given for the particular suit is to be found in section 925(e).

On October 23, 1942, the landlords, by a written instrument, leased to the tenants “four and one-half acres, improved with an eight-room cottage known as Horn Road, Perry Hall, Md.”, for the period of one year beginning on the first day of November 1942, and ending on the…