Robson v. United States. United States v. Robson

•This action was brought to procure an injunction, restitution and treble damages under the provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, and the provisions of the Housing and Rent Act. of 1947, as amended, because of the alleged acceptance and receipt by the defendants of rentals in excess of the lawful maximum permitted under said Act and the rent regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. The United States recovered judgment for treble damages in the sum of $252, from which the defendants appeal. The United States took a cross-appeal asserting that it should have recovered from the defendants an additional $1297.50.

The record shows that the housing accommodations here in question, an apartment in a building containing some 15 separate apartments, was originally registered in the Area Rent Office about August 22, 1942, as a seven room apartment, at a monthly rental of $155. It did not include the use of a garage. About November 1, 1944, one de Veuve sought to rent the apartment and arranged with the defendant landlords to procure some additional facilities under his proposed lease. These included the use of a garage and an extra room in addition to the…