MATTOX v. UNITED STATES

No. 12558.

187 F.2d 406 (1951)

MATTOX et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

February 15, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed M. Clarke, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Mattox.

Ed Dupree, Gen. Counsel, Leon J. Libeu, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Francis X. Riley, Sp. Litigation Atty., Office of Housing Expediter, Washington, D. C., for appellant United States.

Before STEPHENS, HEALY, and BONE, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by the United States for an injunction and restitution and for treble damages under § 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1895. It was filed May 9, 1949, and with the court's permission an amended complaint was filed September 6 thereafter. Upon trial the court found that the defendants had demanded and received from tenants amounts in the total sum of $6,761.80 in excess of the...

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