Legal Opinion
Messer v. Mamches
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 10, 1947No. Civil Action No. 1653-MPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DeVANE, District Judge.
Samuel Paul Messer brought this action against Maurice Mamches and Ethel Mamches, defendants, seeking to recover treble damages and attorney’s fee for an alleged overcharge in rent for housing accommodation known as “the furnished front house” at 621 Lennox Avenue, Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida.
In their answer defendants set up several defenses, among them being the defense that the housing accommodation in question was leased for use and consumption in the course of trade and business and was not for consumption other than in the course of trade and business.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bowles v. Glick Bros. Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Ison v. BakerDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1946
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bray v. PeckCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951