Consolidated Citrus Company v. Goldstein

WOOD, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought under the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 and its Supplements, 7 U.S.C.A. § jgggib) 1 to recover a reparation award rendered by the Secretary of Agriculture on September 29, 1960, in the sum of $4,514.73.

Any further reference to the above-named statute will simply be to the “Act.”

The defendant questions the authority of this Court to consider this matter, and he argues that we lack jurisdiction under the Act. Essentially, this case concerns two sales of oranges by the plaintiff to the defendant which were…