Payn v. Richards

This action was brought under § 925 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act, 1942, as amended, by tenants against their landlord for the recovery of alleged overcharges of rent for housing accommodations in a defense-housing area. The complaint alleged as follows: Defendant owned a dwelling house in the city of Portland, and on September 9, 1946, she rented it to plaintiffs for an agreed rental of $65 per month. The Administrator appointed under the Act issued, on April 28, 1942, a Designation and Rent Declaration promulgating a maximum rent regulation for housing, effective July 1, 1942,…