Dunaway v. Torline

OPINION

By MATTHEWS, J.:

This action to recover under the Price Control Act, (Sec. 205 of United States Public Laws, passed by Eightieth Congress) because of an alleged rental charge in excess of the maximum fixed under Section 204 of that Act, was begun by George Dunaway and Dolores Dunaway. There have been two trials, resulting in each instance in a verdict against the defendants.

At the first trial, it developed that George Dunaway was a minor at the time the action was filed and at the time of trial. Inasmuch as George, Dunaway had not acted through a next friend or guardian ad litem, the…