Dixie Pine Products Co. v. Bowles

LEE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, owns and operates a wood reduction plant and a sawmill located two miles south of Hatties-burg, Mississippi, within the Hattiesburg Defense Rental Area. For the accommodation of labor necessary to plant operations, it constructed sixty-two dwelling houses on its premises, to be rented only to plant employees. The rents charged are less than 25% of the charges made for like housing and are intended to take care of taxes, insurance, and upkeep. When appellant failed to register the housing units with the Hattiesburg Defense Rental Area office, the…