Saunders Petroleum Co. v. Bowles

McAllister, judge.

This case involves an order issued by the Office of Price Administration, pursuant to Maximum Price Regulation No. 88 — Fuel Oil, Gasoline, and Liquified Petroleum Gas.

The background of the controversy is as follows:

The Pokorney Oil Company — not a party to these proceedings — had a contract in 1943 to furnish residual fuel oil to the Nebraska Defense Corporation, an ordnance plant located at Mead, Neb.

In order to carry out its agreement, the Pokorney Company entered into a contract with the Saunders Petroleum Company, complainant herein, by the terms of which, the Saunders…