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173 F.2d 703

Docket No. 12545.

Greenberg v. Gilman

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided April 4, 1949.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1949-04-04

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1953

1 district ·

2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1949-04-04

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¶1Arthur D. Frishman, of Miami Beach, Fla., for appellants.

¶2*704Arthur A. Kimmel, of Miami Beach, Fla., for appellee.

¶3Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5We are unable to say that there was no substantial evidence to support the findings of the lower Court that the plaintiff rented an apartment instead of hotel accommodations, and that, therefore, there was an overcharge as found, but we think that the evidence fails to show that the overcharge was willful or due to the failure to take reasonable precautions and, therefore, the plaintiff is entitled to recover only the amount of the overcharge, plus a reasonable attorney’s fee. The case, however, will be affirmed on the condition that the plaintiff within thirty days enters a remittitur of two-thirds of the recovery allowed, and two-thirds of the attorney’s fee. Otherwise the case will stand reversed for a new trial.

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