BANKS v. ADELMAN


144 Conn. 176 (1956)

WILLIE BANKS ET AL. v. ANNA ADELMAN [LOUIS ADELMAN, ADMINISTRATOR, SUBSTITUTED DEFENDANT]

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Palten, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Simon J. Beizer, with whom, on the brief, was Morris G. Beizer, for the appellee (defendant).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.


BALDWIN, J.

The plaintiffs, as tenants, brought this action under § 2231c of the 1953 Cumulative Supplement to recover from their landlord for rent charged in excess of the maximum prescribed by the act regulating rents in housing accommodations. Cum. Sup. 1953, c. 356. Section 2231c forbids the acceptance of a payment of rent in excess of the legal limit and gives to the tenant overcharged a right of recovery from...

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