FRASHER v. ESTES

No. 6384.

95 F.Supp. 74 (1951)

FRASHER v. ESTES et al.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

January 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McClintock & Quant, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

James H. Bernard and Lombardi, Robertson, Fligg & McLean, all of Kansas City, Mo., for defendants.


RIDGE, District Judge.

Do the United States District Courts have jurisdiction over private suits alleging rent overcharges, under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881 et seq., regardless of the amount in controversy?

The literature on this subject is rather complete, though the proper result is in doubt. A full view of the problem, as it has so far developed, can be obtained by reading three cases: McCrae v. Johnson, D.C.,

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