Woods, Housing Expediter v. Wolfe

BIGGS, Chief Judge.

This is a suit brought by the Housing Expediter (then Creedon, now Woods) against the defendants, the Wolfes, alleging that overcharges had been made in violation of Section 4(a) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 904(a), as amended. Jurisdiction in the court below was invoked pursuant to Sections 205 (a) and (c) of the Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 925(a) and (c), and Section 206 (b) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1896(b), the latter Act having been enacted on July 1, 1947 to continue and…