Green v. Woods

During the period from September or October, 1946, to the early part of 1948, the plaintiffs in these cases were tenants in an apartment, building owned and operated by the defendants. Following the service of notices on them to vacate their respective apartments, they started suits in the common pleas court of the city of Detroit to recover treble damages because of alleged violations of the ceiling rents fixed by order of the Federal office of price administration. The pleadings filed are not contained in the record, but it may be assumed that the actions brought by plaintiffs were based on…