Hinds v. Fine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This action was commenced in the city court of Wichita to recover judgment for $820 under the terms of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1944. Judgment was for plaintiffs. The defendant has appealed.

The petition in the city court first pleaded section. 205 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act (56 Stat. 23, as amended by 58 Stat. 632; 50 U. S. C. App. § 925 [e]). The action was brought pursuant to the act, which, among other things, provided that where any. person violated a price schedule providing a maximum charge the buyer might bring an…