Prior to amendent of the Housing and Rent Act as of July 31, 1951, a tenant wrongfully evicted from “controlled housing accommodations” could seek civil relief only in a common law action for fraud and deceit, for the Act theretofore conferred no right of action for damages for wrongful eviction. 1951 U.S.Code Cong. & Adm. Service, pp. 1650, 1662; Cato v. Silling, W.Va., 73 S.E.2d 731, 742-743(7); Crawford v. Pituch, 368 Pa. 489, 84 A.2d 204, 206(2); Blanchard v. Kemp, La.App., 51 So.2d 639, 641. However, the Act as amended in 1951 [50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 1895(b) and 1896(a) (2)], clearly created ■and thereafter provided a statutory right of action for liquidated damages, attorney’s fees and costs for unlawful eviction, similar to the statutory right of action theretofore provided for rental overcharges. Although we have found only one reported case in which a former tenant has, for wrongful eviction, sought to recover liquidated damages, attorney’s fees and costs under the Act, Foss v. Ziton, Minn.1954, 64 N.W.2d 47, the nature and basis of the right of action created and conferred by the statutes are perfectly plain from the language of the legislative enactment.