Keele v. Holt

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Five veterans of World War II, invoking the provisions of the Second War Powers Act,1 brought this suit for restitution of amounts claimed to be due them for violations of Sec. 944.54(a), Priorities Regulation 33.2

The claim was that defendant having secured priority authority and assistance in constructing houses on named lots, had sold them to plaintiffs for sums in excess of $7200, the fixed maximum selling price, *481and also had failed to construct the houses as required 'by the regulation.

The defenses were: (1) want of jurisdiction; (2) laches and limitation in that…