Legal Opinion
Burns v. Cruthers
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 20, 1952No. Civ. No. 7937Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEANEY, District Judge.
This as an action instituted pursuant to the provisions of Section 205(e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 925(e). Plaintiffs, who are tenants, seek to recover treble damages from their landlord for alleged rent overcharges. Subsequently an amended complaint was filed and on the death -of the defendant, plaintiffs filed ■ a second amended complaint, substituting defendant’s executrix in his place. On motion of the executrix, the second amended complaint was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. This dismissal was subsequently…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Porter v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Morozin v. HausmaningerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- Schuman v. GreenbergDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1951
- Popplewell v. StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950