Breeding v. Weaver

An administrative proceeding was initiated by the respondent for the fixation of the maximum rent applicable to the unit occupied by the petitioner tenant. Concededly, authority existed here for fixation as of the date of first renting, April 1, 1952 (State Rent and Eviction Regulations, § 36, subd. [c]).* * But the rent was fixed by the local rent-administrator as of the date when the order was issued, Janu*419ary 20, 1955. The tenant did not protest the order in any respect, hut the landlord protested the maximum rent fixed. And, on the landlord’s protest, the tenant insisted upon the propriety…