Willshire v. Frees

Petitioners for certiorari, Mr. Frees and wife, rented an apartment in Memphis from respondent, Mrs. Bessie Willshire, and occupied it for a number of months. After this tenancy was terminated they commenced an action against Mrs. Willshire in the Shelby County Circuit Court to recover what they alleged to be rent paid in excess of* that permitted by the Federal Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, sec. 901 et seq. The return made by the deputy sheriff upon the summons was "came to hand 18 day of April, 1944 and after diligent search and inquiry, Mrs. Bessie Willshire is not…