Lovett v. Bell

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment of eviction and damages for withholding entered in an unlawful detainer action brought after the expiration of the lease between the parties litigant. The Price Administrator has filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of defendants’ claim that the judgment must be reversed because it contravenes the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended (56 Stats. 23, 50 U.S.C.A., App., § 901 et seq.) and the Rent Regulation for Housing (8 P.R. 7322) promulgated thereunder. The record sustains that position.

There is no dispute as to the facts.…