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The Office of Price Administration filed a $1,176 treble damage suit in U.S. District Court, Phoenix, against operators of Stewart Motor Company for allegedly overcharging $392 on a vehicle sold to the War Relocation Authority a year ago, exceeding the $1,570 ceiling price.
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March 21—A suit seeking $1,176 in a treble damage action was filed yesterday in U. S. District Court, Phoenix, by the Office of Price Administration against operators of the Stewart Motor Company, a Phoenix concern on East Van Buren street.
The three-count complaint charges Jack P. Stewart, Rose M. Stewart, Spencer D. Stewart and Mary Jane Stewart with selling a motor vehicle to the War Relocation Authority a year ago on an "as is" basis for $1,962 when the ceiling price without a warranty was $1,570.
Three times the amount of the alleged $392 overcharge is sought by the OPA as well as $50 or treble the amount of other claimed overcharges in used car transactions.
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Phoenix
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March 21
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suit seeks $1,176 (treble the $392 overcharge) plus $50 or treble damages for other overcharges in used car transactions.
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The Office of Price Administration filed a three-count complaint in U.S. District Court, Phoenix, charging the Stewarts with selling a motor vehicle to the War Relocation Authority for $1,962 on an 'as is' basis, exceeding the $1,570 ceiling price without warranty by $392.