Brown v. Purvin

HULBERT, District Judge.

The plaintiff has applied for an injunction pendente lite restraining the defendant from selling any used typewriters at prices in excess of those established by Maximum Price Regulation No. 162, as-amended.

The defendant, one of the largest dealers-of used typewriters in the country, sold 140 typewriters on Sept. 4, 1942, to Typomatic Service of Boston, Massachusetts, at a price-of $41.67 each. The maximum wholesale-price fixed by the Office of Price Administration for these typewriters was $34.17' each. The defendant contends that the sale-in question was at retail…