HEARN v. CROSS

No. 1036.

80 A.2d 285 (1951)

HEARN v. CROSS et al.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton S. Bradford, Washington, D. C., A. Slater Clarke, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellant.

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

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


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Claiming to have been overcharged for rent and meals, two tenants filed suit against the owner of the Manchester Apartments for double the amount of such alleged overcharge. Code 1940, Supp. VII, § 45-1610. The trial court disallowed the claim for rent overcharge but held that there had been an overcharge of $120 for meals and awarded plaintiffs twice that amount under the Rent Act section above-cited. In appealing, defendant asserts that...

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