Woods v. Knickerbocker

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The Housing Expediter proceeded against H. D. Knickerbocker and his sons Bruce R. Knickerbocker and R. C. Knickerbocker in respect to overcharges of rent on twenty-eight housing units subject to rent control, asking an injunction against future violations of the applicable Acts and Regulations, a restoration to the tenants of the overcharges, and a recovery of three times the overcharges collected since one year before the filing of the suit less the overcharges restored for that period; the tenants not having sued therefor.

Several days before the hearing the parties…