United States v. Price

SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

The action was filed June 13, 1951 by the United States, on behalf of the Housing Expediter,'under .Sections 205 and 206(b) of the Housing and Rent' Act of 1947 as amended, Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881, et seq.

Plaintiff seeks to recover $697 the alleged amount of rentals received by the defendants in excess of the maximum rentals for a residence on R.F.D. No. 6, Paducah, Kentucky, rented by defendants to William R. Barksdale, during the period December 1, 1947 and extending through the month of May 1951.

The original complaint sought to recover certain penalities…