Bowles v. Madl

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

Chester Bowles, Administrator of the Office of Price Administration, brought an action against appellees, dealers in farm equipment, alleging violations of Section 4 (a) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942,1 in the sale of certain farm equipment in excess of the maximum price established by Regulation 133„ The trial court dismissed that portion of the complaint which sought statutory-damages on the ground that under Section 205 (e) of the Act the cause of action belonged to the purchasers, not the Administrator, and the Administrator has appealed.

At the time this…