Armour & Co. v. Alton Railroad

This litigation is the latest episode of a long struggle involving the meat packers, the railroads, and the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago. Basically, on the merits the issue here presented is whether Armour and Company, one of the packers, is correct in its contention that under the facts of this case the railroads must deliver its shipments of livestock at such a location and in such a manner that it need pay no “yardage charge” to the Stock Yards Company. The case is here on certiorari (311 U. S. 627) from the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2 which affirmed a…