Johnson v. R. S. Const. Co.

CHESNUT, District Judge.

In this case the plaintiffs, private individuals, sue the defendant under the Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 925(e), for treble damages for overcharges of rent. The plaintiffs allege a landlord and tenant relationship between the parties. This is denied by the defendant’s answer. The case has been heard principally on a written stipulation of facts supplemented, however, by oral evidence given by the attorney for the defendant, a corporation.

The material facts may be very briefly stated. The defendant is a Maryland corporation which, since 1934,…