Two foreign residents of Plumwell Villas, Amherst Avenue brought acton against owners of the property, Wu Brothers, in the First Special District Court yesterday stating that they considered that the rents collected by their landlords were unreasonably excessive. The argument centred round the amount of rent and the hearing was postponed for a week.
Defendants claimed that they weró being wrongly sued saying that real defendants in the case should be a British firm but plaintiffs contended that while this firm were agents the Wu Brothers were owners. It was stated that the plaintiffs were fist asked to pay their rents in American currency but that later the arrangement was changed. The landlord asked for $275 per month which was an increase of more.than $100.
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