Porter v. McRae

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

Chester Bowles, Administrator of the Office of Price Administration, appeals from an order dismissing his cause of action against Gretchen McRae to recover statutory damages for past violations, and to enjoin future violations of Rent Regulation for Housing (8 F.R. 7322), issued under Section 2(b) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as extended and amended. 58 Stat. 640, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 901 et seq.

Appellee, Gretchen McRae, is the owner of two apartments in Colorado Springs, which she rented for the first time in September 1944. Under the Rent Regulation for…