Case ID: f-supp_140/html/0595-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "GRIM, District Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Dave and Cleo SMITH v. Leon KAFIN.
    Civ. A. No. 16105.
    United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.
    April 24, 1956.
    
      Philip Stern, Philadelphia, fa., for plaintiffs.-
    Davis & Davis, Philadelphia, Pa'., for defendant.
   GRIM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint November 30, 1953, against the defendant for treble damages for rent overcharges under Section 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 1881 et seq.

Defendant moves to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, because the amount in controversy is less than $3,000, citing Fields v. Washington, 3 Cir., 1949, 173 F.2d 701.

Sec. 205 of the Act was amended July 31, 1951, c. 275, Public Law 96, to provide, “(c) Suit * * * may be brought in any Federal court of competent jurisdiction regardless of the amount involved » * * ”

Defendant’s motion is therefore denied.