§ 302

Citation: § 302
Parent Document: United States v. Wittek, 337 U.S. 346 (1949)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1949-06-20
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/104687/united-states-v-wittek/ ↗

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be used for space heating purposes in place of surplus sludge gas supplied by the District of Columbia free or at nominal cost. ' The United States also alleged that the respondent refused to execute a new lease and refused to pay rent at the increased rate, with the result that, on February 28, 1946, it served its 30-day notice terminating the respondent’s tenancy. It further alleged that this increase in rent had been made under its previously cited authority to operate the project and without reference to the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act. This increase in rent presents (under §§ 2’ to 4 of that Act, D. C. Code (1940, Supp. VI) §§,45-1602 to 45-1604) the same issue, based upon the • applicability of the'Act to the United States as a'landlord, as is presented (under §5 (b), D. C. Code (1940, Supp. VI) §45-1605 (b)). by the maintenance of this proceeding for possession of the premises in question without making any of the additional allegations called for. by that Act. We deal with the issue as presented under § 5 (b) because- it is there less involved in factual controversy than it is under §§ 2 to 4. 4 “Sec. 5. Prohibitions. — . . .

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