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Show RECOVERS RENT THRU COURT ACTION In the first damage action yet brought to court in Utah for overcharges ov-ercharges in violation of OPA rent regulations, the Ogden City court last week ordered Mr. and Mrs. Charles Groves, landlords, to pay $202.16 to a former tenant ten-ant for damages and costs. The tenants, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Clif-ford Cavanaugh, filed a complaint com-plaint to the effect that since January 3, 1943, they had been charged more rent for one of the defendents' apartments than March 1, 1942 rate which is the legal maximum according to rent regulations. City Judge Charles G. Cowley, in handing down his decision, stated that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover treble damages dam-ages or $50.00 whichever was greater, on each of the three counts cited in the complaint- In addition, $50.00 for attorney's fees was granted to the plaintiffs plain-tiffs and $2.16 for "money had and received." The landlords were granted $30.00 on the basis of a counter claim for two months rent allegedly al-legedly unpaid by the tenants during the course of the dispute. |
