Kozlowski v. Krzysko

The plaintiff tenant appealed from a judgment in favor of the defendant rendered after a trial in the Amsterdam City Court, without a jury. The plaintiff sought to recover rent paid from October 1, 1952, to April 30, 1953, claimed to be in excess of the fixed maximum rent.

The trial court, in dismissing the complaint, held that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the “ action of the Temporary State Housing Rent Commission, in reducing the rent from the registered rental of $40.00 per month to the adjusted rental of $25.00 per month, could be considered as retroactive ”.

The order of the…