Compañia Importadora Materiales Industriales y De Construccion Sociedad De Responsabilidad Limitada v. Caldwell & Co.

A corporation which, in the course of trade or business, purchased substantial quantities of hot-rolled iron or steel strip known as BWG- No. 18 and paid therefor a price which it alleges was, unknown to it, in excess of the ceiling price for such commodity established by the Price Administrator pursuant to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 (U. S. *904Code, tit. 50, Appendix, § 901 et seq.), here sues its vendor to recover such excess, and this motion by defendant to dismiss the complaint as insufficient presents the question whether such a buyer has a cause of action for the recovery of…