Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Citation
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Parent Document
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri (state)
- Effective Date
- 1952-03-03
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2390711/thomsen-v-mill/ ↗
Other Sections in This Document (23)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
- Thomsen v. Mill, 248 S.W.2d 6 (1952)
Full Text
1,172 charsThe plaintiffs in their petition specifically assert that the maximum rental rate was determinable under the National Housing Act, and upon such determination they calculate and state their alleged liquidated actual damages. The fact is that if they have any cause of action at all for the recovery of payments in excess of the maximum so established by that Act, plus any multiple thereof, such cause of action must necessarily be founded on the landlord's liability created by that Act. Without such emergency law of Congress the rental agreement pleaded would have been absolutely valid and binding on all parties, there would have been no maximum rental ceiling, *9 no excess rentals paid by the plaintiffs, no violation of plaintiffs' rights, no liability on the defendants' part, and no basis for penalty or punitive damages under the facts pleaded. The basic substantive rights on which the petition is based are those only which are created under the federal law referred to in the petition. The further pleading of malice and fraud as a basis for recovery of the damages, actual or punitive, does not alter the fundamental character of the cause of action stated.