MILLER v. BOAN

No. 11990.

218 F.2d 854 (1955)

Luther L. MILLER, Appellant, v. Capers E. BOAN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1955.

Petition for Rehearing Denied February 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. J. E. Bindeman, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Theodore Kligman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by a tenant against a landlord for double the amount of an alleged overcharge of rent.1 The landlord (Miller) rented a house — a basement and three floors — unfurnished to a single lessee for $112.50 a month. The Rent Administrator fixed that amount as the allowable rent ceiling. Then the landlord furnished the whole house and rented it in...

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