United States v. Whittle

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This suit seeks to enforce joint and several liability against defendants by reason of a violation in 1956 and 1957 of administrative regulations applicable to the growing and marketing of Flue-cured tobacco.

Facts.

The stipulation of facts filed discloses that Mrs. Ailcie G. Whittle of Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, is the owner of a farm located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, some 24 miles from her home, which farm was inherited from her mother; that the farm for many years during her mother’s lifetime, and continuing with Mrs. Whittle’s ownership, was rented to…