Connolly v. B. F. Saul Co.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

A tenant appeals from a summary judgment entered against him in an action he had brought for statutory damages, based on his landlord’s alleged failure to maintain certain minimum service standards. His claim was that the landlord had curtailed certain telephone secretarial service and had failed to supply furniture on the roof of the apartment building involved. The dispute was first aired before the Rent Administrator on tenant’s petition “for adjustment of rent or service.” In his petition he requested: “Either the services and accommodations complained of * * * be…