Porter v. Maule

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit, brought by Chester Bowles, as Administrator of the Office of Price Administration, was for an injunction and for treble damages. The claim was that the defendants were making and selling concrete building blocks, 8x8x16, at prices in excess of ceiling prices. The defense in general was a denial that the price regulations invoked were applicable to the blocks defendants were selling. In detail it was that their blocks were different from the Grade “B” blocks covered by the regulation. Instead of blocks having a compressive strength of 700 pounds per square…