Dekelbaum v. Lloyd

RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.

Appellee, plaintiff below, in Ler complaint alleged that in February, 1942, she rented certain premises from defendant, appellant here, for the sum of $100 per month; that the maximum rent ceiling applicable was $80 per month; that defendant should have rebated to plaintiff $20 monthly, beginning February, 1942, but in violation of Section 10 of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act1 defendant received $100 monthly until March, 1943, a period of thirteen months, amounting to $260 excess rent. Plaintiff claimed judgment for $520, being double the excess rent, and…