United States v. Richards

WATSON, Chief Judge.

This is an action by the United States Government under Sections 205 and 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended,1 to recover damages for failure on the part of the .defendant to refund rent received in excess of the maximum rent fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The Government seeks to recover treble damages, or double damages if restitution be granted to the tenant, together with injunctive relief.

On the basis of the pleadings and testimony, the Court makes the following special

Findings of Fact.

1. At all times material hereto, the defendant,…