Woods v. Swank

LEE, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit brought by the Housing Expediter against the defendants for injunctive relief, restitution, and damages pursuant to Section 205 (a) and (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 925 (a, e), for alleged violation of the Rent Regulation for Housing. The complaint charged that the defendants are the owners of housing accommodations known as Unit No. 2 of an apartment house at 607 W. Gray St., Houston, Texas, within the Houston Defense-Rental Area; and that from August 1, 1946, through December 9, 1946, they had violated the act…