Shearer v. Porter

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The Administrator, Office of Price Administration, sued Shearer, an automobile -dealer of St. Louis County, Missouri, for treble the amount of excess over applicable -ceiling price under OPA Regulation “Revised Price Schedule 85”, as amended,1 charged in the sale of 20 passenger automobiles. The District Court, at the close -of all the evidence, directed a verdict for the Administrator in the sum of $9,243.15, the full amount prayed, and Shearer has appealed, alleging error in taking the case from the jury and in the excluding of evidence.

The suit was one under section…