PENICK & FORD v. CORN PRODUCTS REFINING CO.

No. 6503.

52 F.2d 668 (1931)

PENICK & FORD, Limited, Inc., v. CORN PRODUCTS REFINING CO.

District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

July 16, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dyrenforth, Lee, Chritton & Wiles, of Chicago, Ill. (John H. Lee, of Chicago, Ill., O. N. Elliott, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Horace Dawson, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Barnett & Truman, of Chicago, Ill. (Percival H. Truman, of Chicago, Ill., and Melville Church, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendant.


Findings of Fact.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

(1) That for several decades prior to 1924 it was the general practice in American factories for manufacturing starch from corn to permit the gluten overflow water and substantially all of the starch wash water to run into the sewer, thus involving heavy losses and polluting the streams.

(2) That plaintiff and its predecessor at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for years prior to 1924 manufactured cornstarch and followed...

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