Hillmer v. McConnell Brothers

Suit was brought by Norval Hiiimer and his wife against McConnell Brothers and the individual partners thereof to enjoin the maintenance of a nuisance. The district court of Albany County denied the relief requested, and plaintiffs have appealed.

The nuisance complained of is a rabbit processing plant in which the carcasses of dead rabbits are butchered, packed into cartons and frozen. The meat is used as food for animals at fur farms. Also the hides of the rabbits and of other fur-bearing animals are cured and stored. The plant is within the City of Laramie and on a block adjacent to one…