Conditt v. Holcek

HALL, Justice.

This is an OPA penalty case under provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 901-925, and Maximum Price Regulations 540, as amended, wherein Sylvester Holcek, appellee, su'ed C. B. Con-ditt, and the partnership of Parsons and Matthews, in the 96th District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, and received a judgment based on jury findings, ,in the sum of $1,500.00, including- attorneys fees, derived from an overcharge on the sale of an automobile.

Appellee alleged and proved that on January 8, 1946, he purchased a 1940 Chevrolet automobile…