KWESKIN v. FINKELSTEIN

No. 11392.

223 F.2d 677 (1955)

Samuel KWESKIN v. Jay L. FINKELSTEIN.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Spivack, Thomas Masuda, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Harry H. Krinsky, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and SWAIM and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Chief Judge.

This is an action for treble damages under § 205, Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended.1 Plaintiff charged that defendant demanded of plaintiff the payment of $1,000 as a condition precedent to renting to him a certain apartment in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and that plaintiff paid such sum. The trial was to the Court.

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