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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

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The trial court ruled that the legal rate for the family was $50 a month and based its judgment on. that figure. We have no doubt that the ruling on this point was correct. To require a man and his wife and a child to sign separate rental agreements and use such agreements as a basis for charging a higher rental would constitute an obvious evasion of the Rent Act. It seems entirely clear that the per person rental was not intended to apply to members of a family unit.