Legal Opinion
Kittrell v. Hatter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 27, 1942No. 1 Div. 180PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Appellee, E. Lyles Hatter, the owner of properties rented for housing purposes in Mobile, filed a bill in equity against appellant, Henry J. Kittrell, as Rent Director of the Mobile Defense Rental Area of the Office of Price Administration, to enjoin the respondent from enforcing Regulation No. 4 promulgated by Leon Henderson, Administrator, under authority of Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 56 Stat. 23, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 901 et seq.
The Regulation, in effect, froze rents in that area at the level prevailing on April 1, 1941.
The bill challenges the validity of the…
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