C. D. Johnson Lumber Corp. v. Leonard

Plaintiff in the trial court recovered judgment against defendants in the sum of $7,737.45, this being the amount claimed owing from defendants arising out of the operation of a broom handle manufacturing business on plaintiff’s premises in Toledo. The case was tried by the court without a jury. The question before us is whether plaintiff, in making the charges (the basis of the judgment), violated the Emergency Price Control Act (hereinafter referred to as E. P. C. A.) promulgated by Congress in 1942.

It is admitted in the pleadings and by the evidence that from December, 1941, until June 13,…