Bowles v. Joseph Denunzio Fruit Co.

MILLER, District Judge.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, Chester Bowles, as Administrator of the •Office of Price Administration, to recover of the defendant, Joseph Denunzio Fruit Company, $30,294.63, being treble the amount by which sales by the defendant exceeded maximum prices provided by the Maximum Price Regulations under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq. The transactions complained of were sales of oranges, lemons, cabbages and onions during the period of June 1, 1943, through November 13, 1943. The defendant has filed its motion to…