United States v. Jacovetty

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia dismissing an action brought by the United States under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881 et seq.

Appellee, defendant below, is the landlord of the housing accommodations described in the complaint as the second floor apartment situated at 48% Seventeenth Street, Wheeling, West Virginia. The complaint alleged that from March 12, 1949, to April 25, 1950, appellee demanded and received $12.50 per week as rent from William…