United States v. Russell & Tucker

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

In 1918 and 1922 the United States through the Bureau of Animal Industry were, by way of regulating interstate commerce, prohibiting the movement of cattle from fever tick infested points in Texas to other states, unless inspected and treated as required by regulations. Texas cattle carrying ticks were themselves immune to the splenetic fever caused or transmitted by the bite of ticks, but nonimmune cattle in tick free territory to.whom ticks were imparted would within 30 days contract fever and many would die. The pastures in which ticky cattle run become infested with…