Bynum v. Patty and Devilbiss v. Thompson

These two cases, involving the same subject-matter, were consolidated and tried together in the lower court. Each was brought in the municipal court of Fort Smith, Arkansas, by a tenant against the landlord to recover under the provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act, enacted by Congress on January 30, 1942, 50U.S.C.A. App., § 901. Appellant, Chester Bowles, administrator, Office of Price Administration, asked and was granted leave to intervene in circuit court. The circuit court, on appeal from judgments of the municipal court, sustained demurrers of the defendants, holding that the…