Pittsburgh Melting Co. v. Totten
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The case is . stated in the opinion. The act is directed against meat-food products which are unfit for human food, and applies only, to establishments whose products are for human consumption, not to those that prepare and sell exclusively oils intended for industrial purposes.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The case is . stated in the opinion. The act is directed against meat-food products which are unfit for human food, and applies only, to establishments whose products are for human consumption, not to those that prepare and sell exclusively oils intended for industrial purposes. This view harmonizes with the purpose of ihe act as expressed in its title and with the construction by the •Department of -Agriculture in the regulations of April 1, 1908, which, with the approval of the Attorney General’s opinion (28 Ops. Atty. Gen.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
"delivered the opinion of the court.
The Pittsburgh Melting Company filed a bill in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the Baltimore &. Ohio Railroad Company and G. E. Totten, Inspector of- the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, seeking a mandatory Injunction requiring the Railroad Company to receive and carry in interstate and foreign commerce shipments of oil, the manufacture of the Melting Company, and to restrain the Government Inspector from interfering with the shipments..
A decree in favor of the complainant…
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