United States v. Nixon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under the Criminal Appeals Act of 1907 and the construction of the Cattle Quarantine Act of 1905 and its application to receivers of common carriers under the Amendment of 1913, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The Grand Jury for the Western Division of the Western District of Missouri returned an indictment against the-St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and its Receivers, charging that on August 16, 1913, Nixon, Biddle and West, as Receivers of said 'Company, were operating the property and business of said corporation as a common carrier of freight, and unlawfully transported cattle from a quarantine district in Oklahoma' to Kansas City, Missouri, without compliance with the rules and regulations established by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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