Ralph Feffer & Sons v. United States

Davis, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of the court:

This reference1 from the Senate involves the destruction of 250 tons of cottonseed allegedly caused by an inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture. Plaintiff, Balph Feffer and Sons, is a partnership seeking recovery on behalf of an Arizona corporation, the Delinking and Seed Treating Company;2 plaintiff’s partners appear to be the sole (or major) stockholders of that corporation (see finding 1). The asserted basis of the Government’s liability is a supposedly negligent misrepresentation of a Department of Agriculture inspector,…