Legal Opinion
United States v. E. F. Metzner Co.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided March 22, 1951No. Civ. A. 1877PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBOURNE, District Judge.
This action was instituted by the Office of The Housing Expediter, in the name of the United States, against John Payne, a resident of Detroit, Michigan, and E. F. Metzner Company, Inc. a corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, to recover for the benefit of tenants from whom excessive rents had been collected $307.50 and an additional amount of $615.00, twice the amount of the alleged overcharge, in favor of the United States.
The case was tried to the Court and the principal question here involved is whether Metzner & Company, acting as agent of the owner John Payne in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Woods v. StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Woods v. Forest Hills South, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Woods, Housing Expediter v. MacKenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Woods v. BobbittCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Woods v. WillisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
3Cited by3 opinions
- Fancher v. ClarkDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1954
- Thelma Katzman v. Lillian Hoffman, Arnold Blumberg, and Benjamin SorkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Whitehead v. HenryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951