Woods v. Bobbitt

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought against the defendant as the agent of the landlord of the residence property 3613 Kanawha Avenue, Charleston, West Virgina, to collect three times the excess rent charged the tenant from January 1, 1944, to March 1, 1946, over and above the maximum rent fixed by the Area Rent Director, and to secure the payment therefrom of the overcharge to the tenant. A verdict for the defendant was directed by the District Judge on the ground that the order fixing the maximum rent was void and of no effect since the service of notice of the order had been sent by…