Gates v. Woods

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding treble damages under section 205 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 925(e) and granting an injunction. The action was instituted by Frank R. Creedon, as Housing Expediter, but on the hearing before us Tighe Woods, Acting Housing Expediter, was substituted in his stead upon motion and by order of court. Defendant was in charge of the renting of certain rooms and apartments in Huntington, W. Va. and between August 1, 1945 and March 10, 1947, collected the sum of $370.14 in excess of the maximum rentals…