TORRE v. BERKOWITZ

No. 1268.

93 A.2d 87 (1952)

TORRE v. BERKOWITZ et al.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Burke, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Ernest F. Williams, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Ruffin A. Brantley, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Robert F. Cogswell, Administrator of Rent Control, respondent

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

We are asked to review an order of the Administrator of Rent Control dismissing a petition for an increase in rent. The property involved is used for residential and commercial purposes. The first and second floors, rented as residential, are subject to the Rent Act. The basement, rented as commercial, consists of two stores.

In 1950 petitioner expended a sum in excess of $3,000 in renovating the building. He filed a petition with the...

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