Frayne v. Bahto

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The action is in fraud and deceit. The state of demand charges the procurement by the defendant landlord from the Eederal Office of Price Administration of “a certificate authorizing eviction” of the plaintiff tenant from the demised apartment premises on a fraudulent representation that the landlord “required” the “apartment for himself.”

It was alleged that “pursuant to the notice served upon him to remove from the premises upon the ground” that the Price Administration bureau “had authorized this eviction and that” the landlord “required the…