UNITED STATES v. STANGLAND

No. 12611.

270 F.2d 893 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ethan STANGLAND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

October 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shoaff, Keegan & Baird, Clifford E. Simon, Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind., for appellant.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., William A. Montgomery, Atty., Civil Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Kenneth C. Raub, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, PARKINSON and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by the United States Government to collect a civil penalty from defendant under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 31, as amended, 7 U.S.C.A. § 1281 et seq.

In 1954, defendant planted and harvested sixteen acres of wheat in excess of his acreage allotment. Defendant neither stored this excess produce nor delivered same to the Secretary of Agriculture. Claiming that defendant...

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