Legal Opinion
Morski v. Murphy
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 11, 1952No. 1164PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
A landlord brings this appeal from a judgment of $1080 entered against her in a suit for overoharges of rent on an apartment under the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, Code 1940, Supp. VII, 45-1610.
The tenant’s complaint was that though on the statutory freeze date, January 1, 1941, the monthly rental was $50, the landlord for some three years commencing in 1947 charged and collected from the tenant rent at the rate of $65 per month. The landlord contended that the freeze date rental was actually $65 and that the tenant who was then in possession, a man named…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnston v. ReilyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Hillow ex rel. American Automobile Ins. Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Turner v. MertzCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925
- Cavalier v. WeinsteinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
3Cited by7 opinions
- Woodruff v. McConkeyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Wemhoff v. Investors Management Corp. of AmericaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Farmer v. FarmerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Estate of Presgrave v. StephensDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Johnson v. GinnisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
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