Barker-Miller Distributing Co. v. Berman

KNIGHT, District Judge.

This action is brought under section 7 (b) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (title 7 USCA § 557 (b) to enforce a liability determined by the Secretary of Agriculture under subdivision (a) of said section. Plaintiff offered in evidence the proceedings, findings, conclusions, and orders of the Secretary as making out a prima facie case under the statute.

The following findings of fact were made by the Secretary:

1. That the complainant is a corporation under the laws of Arizona, having its main office at Phoenix, Ariz.;

2. That respondent is an individual and…