Johnson v. United States

In an action instituted by the United States of America appellant Johnson was charged with violation of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901, et seq., the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881, et seq., and the rent regulations under said acts ( 8 F.R. 7334 ; 12 F.R. 4302 ), ¡by collecting rents in excess of the ’legal maximum for certain controlled rental housing accommodations.

In a schedule attached to the complaint the names of the tenants alleged to have been overcharged, the rental accommodations alleged to have been occupied by them, the dates they were alleged to have occupied the rental premises, the amount of the alleged overcharges and the legal maximum rent allowed for said housing accommodations was set out in detail.

Appellee (plaintiff in the trial court) served upon counsel for appellant (defendant in the trial court) a request for admissions pursuant to Rule 36, Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. In response to said request admission was made that appellant was landlord of the premises described in the complaint and that the items set out in schedule A attached to the complaint…