Shockley Et Ux. v. Winkler Et Ux

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

In a tenant’s action pursuant to sec. 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, now incorporated in 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1895, the trial court found that on a lease of a rent controlled apartment owned by the defendant landlords, extending from October 20, 1947, to June 1, 1948, the plaintiff tenants paid the defendant landlords $1350 as rent, which sum was $1035 in excess of the maximum allowed by sec. 204(b) of said Act.

The trial court found that though the violation was not “wilful,” the landlords failed to take practical precautions against occur rence of the…