Beckman v. Mall

I concur fully in what Judge PHILLIPS has so ably stated as regards the power and jurisdiction of this court to grant any relief against the defendants remaining in this case. As to the question whether the Secretary of Agriculture should have come into this case or not, I desire to state that is a matter that is not before the court. Of course, the sovereign owes it to the citizen to have a speedy adjudication and determination of all controversies existing between them. It can be said for the Secretary of Agriculture, however, that he has attempted to do that very thing. When the California…