Bowles v. Griffin

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant Payne sued the appellee Griffin for penalties and attorney’s fees for overcharges for housing accommodations in the Bainbridge-Cairo, Georgia, Defense Rental Area under Section 205(e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 901-946. He alleged that under Maximum Rental Regulation No. 49 (7 Fed.Reg. 7505), the maximum rent chageable was $20 per month, and that he was charged and he paid in excess of $5 per week for twenty weeks beginning Oct. 17, 1942, and ending March 6, 1943. Griffin denied that Payne was his tenant, and…