Steinfeldt v. Haymond

Brought by a tenant against his landlord, the suit was for $2100.00 treble damages for rent overcharges of $700.00 claimed to have been exacted between January 1, 1916, and January 6, 1947. Though, therefore, the suit was brought after enactment of the Housing and Rental Act of 1947,1 the limited jurisdictional provisions of Section 205 of that act,2 Cf. Fields v. Washington, 173 F.2d 701, did not apply, and the suit was properly brought under the saving provisions of Sec. 901(b), 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix.

Tried to the judge without a jury and turning upon the respective veracities of plaintiff and…