Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board v. Johnson

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board seeks a mandatory injunction ordering the defendant, Jessie Johnson, to pen his cattle for brucellosis testing, as provided by LSA-R.S. 3:2221. After a trial on the merits, the district judge denied the injunction on the factual finding that the infected bull in question had been isolated from the remainder of defendant’s herd for a period of approximately eight months prior to the time it was discovered the bull had brucel-losis. From a judgment dismissing its suit, plaintiff appealed.

The issues on appeal are: (1) Does the evidence…