Woods v. Ray

MAJOR, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment, entered April 21, 1948, in an action by the Housing Expediter for injunctive relief, restitution to tenants and statutory damages under Sec. 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1896(b), and the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq.

In the beginning, we think it not unduly harsh to state that the proceedings below, as revealed by the record, as well as those in this court, have been so carelessly or negligently conducted as to make it…