United States v. St. Joseph Stockyards Co.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Four actions by the United States against the St. Joseph Stockyards Company.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH McPHERSON,
District Judge. In these cases, four in number, Nos. 449 and 450 being consolidated, a jury has been waived, and the cases were submitted on an agreed statement of facts. The cases are brought to recover penalties for confining cattle more than 28 hours without food or water.
Defendant is a Missouri corporation, owning stockyards at South St. Joseph, doing what is known as a terminal business. It owns 22.6 miles of single switch tracks, encircling the stockyards, and connecting therewith, and connecting with the trunk line railroads. So that all live stock in and out from the…
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