Bates v. McClees

McGRANERY, District Judge.

This is a suit for triple damages under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq., and the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881 et seq. The complaint alleged that defendant Hilda Mc-Clees charged plaintiffs over the legal maximum rent for the four apartments they occupied. Various defenses were asserted; plaintiff moved for summary judgment and judgment was granted by this Court, D.C., 76 F.Supp. 939, as to those claims which arose within year before the commencement of the action. However, the issue…