Weiner v. McMahon
Weiner v. McMahon
Opinion of the Court
This petition involves the maximum rent ceiling on an apartment owned by petitioner and rented to respondent. The appeal is brought here pursuant to Section 9 of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act. Code 1940, Supp. VI, § 45—1609(a), as amended.
The present proceedings were commenced when petitioner filed with the Rent Administrator a “petition for maximum rent ceiling on housing accommodations in premises previously rented.”
While the appeal before us purports to have been brought to review the order of the Rent Administrator, it is stated in the petition for review that “the petitioner does not seek review of the $65 rent ceiling, effective February 7, 1949.” The same statement "was repeated in petitioner’s brief. In the petition and brief as well as in oral argument it was made clear that the purpose of the appeal was to have us set aside the finding of fact of the examiner that the rent ceiling for the apartment had previously been fixed at $50 a month and that petitioner was satisfied with the new rent ceiling of $65 a month.
The reason for this anomalous proceeding is that petitioner, as landlord of the premises in question, has brought suit in the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Municipal Court seeking possession of the apartment on the ground (1) that the tenant had become in arrears in his rent and (2) that the landlord desired possession for his personal use and occupancy.
We have concluded that the present appeal must be dismissed. The order of the Rent Administrator fixing the $50 rent ceiling was made under Section 2(1) (c) of the Rent Act, and such orders are not appealable.
Appeal dismissed.
Code 1940, Supp. VI, § 45-1604 (b), as amended.
Delsnider v. Gould, 81 U.S.App.D.C. 54, 154 F.2d 844.
Code 1940, Supp. VI, § 45—1602(1) (c).
During argument counsel for petitioner moved orally to amend Ms petition so as to include an appeal from the entire order, but we are convinced that such motion came too late.
Code 1940, Supp. VI, § 45—1605(b) (2).
Code 1940, Supp. VI, § 45—1610(a).
See McMahon v. Weiner, D.C.Mun.App. 67 A.2d 682.
Sager v. Stamps, D.C.Mun.App., 38 A.2d 113. Cf. Sager v. Parker, D.C.Mun.App., 55 A.2d 349, aff’d Parker v. Sager, D.C.Cir.1949, 174 F.2d 657.
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