Kimmish v. Ball
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The ' court stated the case as follows: This case comes from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The ' court stated the case as follows: This case comes from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. It involves the validityof a statute of that State, making a person having m his possession within it any Texas cattle, which have not been wintered -north of the southern boundary of Missouri and Kansas, liable for any damages that.may accrue from allowing, them to run at large, and thereby spread the disease known as Texas fever. The statute is found in §-4059 of the. Code of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
In order to understand § 4059-of the Code of Iowa, it must be read in connection with the preceding § 4058, to whidh it refers. It* must also be known what is meant by “ Texas cattle,” and what influence a • winter north has upon ■ the disease called “ Texas fever,” with which such cattle are "liable to be infected. Section 4058 is levelled against the importation of Texas cattle which have not been wintered north of the southern boundary of Missouri or Kansas. Any person bringing into the State Texas cattle, unless they haive been thus wintered, is subject to be fined or imprisoned. When,…
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