UNITED STATES v. LEXINGTON MILL CO.

No. 548.

232 U.S. 399 (1914)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LEXINGTON MILL & ELEVATOR COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Attorney General McReynolds, with whom Mr. Francis G. Caffey was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Edward P. Smith and Mr. Bruce S. Elliott, with whom Mr. Edward L. Scarritt, Mr. C.J. Smyth and Mr. W.C. Scarritt were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The petitioner, the United States of America, proceeding under § 10 of the Food and Drugs Act (June 30, 1906, c. 3915, 34 Stat. 768, 771), by libel filed in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, sought to seize and condemn 625 sacks of flour in the possession of one Terry, which had been shipped from Lexington, Nebraska, to Castle...

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