Martin v. Burcham

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff J. D. Burcham brought this suit against defendant, A. L. Martin, doing business as L. & L. Motor Sales, to recover damages and reasonable attorney’s fee under the Emergency Price Control Act by the Congress in 1942, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq.

The immediate suit grew out of the purchase by plaintiff of a second-hand automobile from defendant, in which it is alleged that he paid defendant $294.24 above the ceiling price on such automobile as fixed by the Office of Price Administration. Plaintiff sought recovery of three times the amount of the overcharge and…