Mattox

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 legal maximum rents. It granted an injunction and decreed restitution to tenants of the excess rentals collected, but did not award judgment for damages, single or treble, as prayed by the United States.

Both parties appealed. The defendants failed to present a' brief in support of their appeal as required by our rules, and did not participate in the oral argument, but they have since filed a belated brief setting out their contentions. We have examined it and are of opinion that none of the several points argueid has merit sufficient to justify discussion.

The cross-appeal of the United States challenges the court’s failure to award damages, single or treble, for the whole or any part of the period falling within the one year statute of…