Porter v. Hills

MELLOTT, District Judge.

This is an action to recover from the defendant the sum of $856, alleged to be three times the amount of overcharges made by him for housing accommodations in a Defense-Rental Area. It was tried to the court and at the conclusion of the evidence the parties were granted time within which to file briefs in support of their respective contentions as to the issue of law involved. There is now no controversy as to the facts, which are summarized in the following paragraphs of this opinion.

Defendant is the owner of rental property located in Manhattan, Kansas, consisting of…