Ketterer v. Armour & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Sophie Ketterer against Armour & Co. There was a judgment for defendant, the complaint being dismissed, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff is a subject of the Emperor of Germany and a resident and inhabitant of the state of New York in the Southern district thereof.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Sophie Ketterer against Armour & Co. There was a judgment for defendant, the complaint being dismissed, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff is a subject of the Emperor of Germany and a resident and inhabitant of the state of New York in the Southern district thereof. The defendant is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Illinois, and is engaged in the interstate commerce of meat and food products. It is alleged that defendant caused to be transported from a…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is not an action upon a contract either express or implied. The basis of 1 lie complaint is the negligence of the defendant, and the action is in tort. It is alleged that the defendant negligently failed to perform its duty to make or cause to be made certain inspections for the discovery or detection of certain infection, disease, or parasites in the carcasses of hogs so that such carcasses might be eliminated from those sold for human consumption as food, or from tiróse used in the pre-; pared food products sold for human consumption. It is also…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Thomas v. . WinchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Tomlinson v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1908
- Parks v. C. C. Yost Pie Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- Bishop v. WeberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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- Cheli v. Cudahy Bros. Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1934
- George B. Gilmore Co. v. GarrettMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
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