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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Block v. Gates, 68 A.2d 215 (1949)

Citation
Block v. Gates, 68 A.2d 215 (1949)
Parent Document
Block v. Gates, 68 A.2d 215 (1949)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1949-08-16

Full Text

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The principal controversy on appeal involves the legal rent for the apartment. By an order of the Rent Administrator dated August 1, 1945, the rent on a “unit” basis was fixed at $50 a month. The Administrator’s order also provided for rentals per person, the rate per person for triple occupancy being $22.50. The order specified that “The unit rate applies whenever two or more occupants of a unit have entered into a joint agreement with the landlord as to the termination of the tenancy.” The landlord required each of the tenants, namely, the man and his wife and the 13-year-old daughter, to sign separate rental agreements and as a result contends that the $50 “unit” rental did not apply but that instead he was entitled to collect $22.50 a month from each member of the family, or a total of $67.50 a month. He did, in fact, collect this amount for the first month of the tenancy which began July 19, 1948.