Landes v. Barrett

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of tenants in an action brought on their own behalf against a landlord for overcharges in rent collected, for damages, and attorney fees, under the provisions of Sec. 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, 1 as amended, Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1895. The controversy involves the following facts.

Mrs. Landes, the. owner and landlord of the premises involved, located in Kansas City, Missouri, first rented the property from the then owner in 1941 and operated it as rental property. She was then a single woman and occupied a…