Hipolite Egg Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO AND APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the construction of certain provisions of the pure food act of June 30, 1906, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The case is here on a question of jurisdiction certified by the District Court.
On March 11, 1909, the United States instituted libel proceedings under § 10 of the act of Congress of June 30, 1906, c. 3915, 34 Stat. 768, against fifty cans of preserved whole eggs, which had been prepared by the Hipolite Egg Company of St. Louis, Missouri.
The eggs, before the shipment alleged in the libel, were stored in a warehouse in St. Louis for-about five months, during which time they were the property of Thomas & Clark, an Illinois corporation engaged in the bakery business at Peoria, 111.
Thomas & Clark…
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