Legal Opinion
Perper v. Danford
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 26, 1949No. 734PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Plaintiffs, hereafter referred to as the tenant, sued defendants, hereafter referred to as the landlord, under section 10(a) of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act,1 for double the amount of alleged overcharge of rent. From a judgment for the tenant in the sum of $1,650, plus $100 attorney’s fee, the landlord has appealed.
The case was tried without testimony, the parties being in substantial agreement as to the following facts. Prior to January 1, 1941, the freeze date under the Rent Act, the tenant began to rent an apartment from a predecessor in title to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Porter v. FiskeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- National Tank & Export Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Woods v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- Auerbach v. FlemingEmergency Court of Appeals · 1947
3Cited by2 opinions
- Douglas F. Warner v. Donat Rossignol v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Stinson v. MuellerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982