Crane

At all pertinent times, Central Fruit & Vegetable Company, hereafter called Central, was a partnership doing business at Dallas, Texas; West Texas Produce Company, hereafter called West, was a partnership doing 'business at Forth Worth, Texas; Raymond M. Crane was an individual doing business as Associated Fruit Distributors at Los Angeles, California, and was a broker, within the meaning of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 7 U.S. C.A. § 499a et seq. ; and John C. Kazanjian was an individual doing business as Red Lion Packing Company at Exeter, California, and was a dealer, within the meaning of the Act.

Central and West filed with the Secretary of Agriculture an “informal” complaint on October 21, 1944, and a “formal” complaint on January 22, 1946, against 'Crane and Kazanjian, based on §§ 2 and 5-7 of the Act, 7 U.S.C.A. §§ 499b, 499e-499g. The “formal” complaint, hereafter called the complaint, alleged, in substance, that Crane and Kazanjian had, on or about October 3, 1944, contracted to sell to Central and West, on or after December 10, 1944, 10 carloads, hereafter called cars, of U. S. No. 1 Emperor grapes, to be placed in storage by Kazanjian in October, 1944 —…