Legal Opinion
Williams v. Gibson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 24, 1950No. 675PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEbviN, J.
The only question on the appeal is whether the Municipal-County Court of the City of Greensboro has jurisdiction to try and determine the action.
The Federal Housing and Rent Act of 1947 has been adjudged to be constitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States. Woods v. Miller, 333 U.S. 138, 68 S. Ct. 421, 92 L. Ed. 596. The Act provides, in part, that any landlord who demands or receives as rent any sum in excess of the prescribed maximum rent in a defense-rental area shall be liable to the tenant for liquidated damages of $50.00 or three times the amount of the overcharge, whichever…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Testa v. KattSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- O'Sullivan v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Katzenstein v. Raleigh & Gaston RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Hopkins v. . BarnhardtSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Commercial Finance Co. v. HolderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
- North Carolina Theatres, Inc. v. Allen B. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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