Bowles v. Ruppel

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff as Administrator, Office of Price Administration, to recover statutory damages for alleged excess rent received by the defendant in violation of Emergency Price Control Act. of 1942, as amended.1 At the close of the whole case the court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss. While several questions were involved in the proceeding in the District Court the only one argued on this appeal is whether the provision in the statute allowing recovery for receipt of the excessive rental charges is applicable to one in.the situation…