United States v. Hawthorne

ATWELL, District Judge.

The plaintiffs declare upon three bonds; twq in No. 214, and one in No. 217. These bonds were given by the defendants, who had planted cotton in .excess of their allowable quota, and were not, therefore, entitled to white marketing cards which allowed them to sell their cotton without the payment of any excess tax to the buyer, for remission to the Secretary of Agriculture. They held red cards which required the collecting of the excess tax of two cents per pound by the buyer.

In order to avoid this inconvenience, they agreed in each of the bonds that they would pay the…