Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. In March, 1897, Charles U. Cotting, a citizen of the State of Massachusetts, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas a bill of complaint against the Kansas City Stock Yards Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, and certain. officers of that company, and Louis C. Boyle, Attorney General of the State of Kansas.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. In March, 1897, Charles U. Cotting, a citizen of the State of Massachusetts, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas a bill of complaint against the Kansas City Stock Yards Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, and certain. officers of that company, and Louis C. Boyle, Attorney General of the State of Kansas. A few days later, Francis Lee Higginson, a citizen of the State of, Massachusetts, filed a bill of complaint in the same court and against the same parties. These…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer,
after making the above statement, delivered the following opinion, and announced the conclusion and judgment of the court.
The learned Circuit Judge, in deciding the case, appreciated the importance of the questions involved, and although denying the relief sought by the plaintiffs, exercised his power of continuing the restraining order until such time as these ques tions could be determined. Twice has this case, been argued before us. We have bad the benefit of able arguments and elaborate briefs of distinguished counsel. That' the questions are difficult of solution no…
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