Porter v. Russell

This is an action by the Price Administrator under subdivision (e) of section 205 of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 (U. S. Code, tit. 50, Appendix, § 925, subd. [e]), to recover treble the amount by which the consideration paid by a purchaser of a Mack tractor for commercial use exceeded the applicable maximum price. Delivery was completed on May 18, 1943. The action was commenced May 17, j 944. Pending the trial the statute involved was amended by the Federal Stabilization Extension Act of 1944 (58 U. S. Stat. 640, § 108, subds. [b], [c]), the amendments being made applicable to all…