SHREAD v. BRETON


333 Mass. 545 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 177

JOHN SHREAD vs. ALEXANDER BRETON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Shea, (Melvin J. Dangel with him,) for the plaintiff.

Edward W. Foster, for the defendant.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

This is an action to recover rent paid to the defendant by the plaintiff in excess of the established maximum rent for the occupancy of an apartment in a building at 3 Alder Street, Waltham, owned by the defendant. The action is brought under the provisions of the Federal housing and rent act of 1947, 61 U.S. Sts. at Large, 193, § 205, as amended, which provides that "Any person who demands, accepts, or receives any payment of rent in excess of the...

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