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MARTIN v. SCHLEIN

No. 879.

71 A.2d 614 (1950)

MARTIN et al. v. SCHLEIN.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 23, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert A. Stern, Washington, D. C., for Eva J. Martin, and Ruffin A. Brantley, Washington, D. C., with whom Ernest F. Williams, Washington, D. C. was on the brief, for Robert F. Cogswell, Administrator of Rent Control, appellants.

Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellee landlord1 sued appellant tenant for possession of housing accommodations on the ground of nonpayment of rent. The tenant, admitting that she had not paid rent as provided in her lease, defended on the ground that the rent fixed in the lease agreement was in excess of the legal rent ceiling previously fixed by the Administrator of Rent Control.

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