United States v. Porhownik

L. HAND, Chief Judge.

The defendants appeal from a summary-judgment under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881 et seq., enjoining the corporate defendant from charging more than a maximum rent for two dwelling apartments in New Jersey, and compelling the two- defendants to refund excess rents collected by the corporation. The individual defendant is the corporation’s president. The facts, which were not in dispute, were as follows. Apartment No. 204 the corporation let on August 30, 1947, to one, Moses, at $115 á month, an advance of 15%. This lease ran…