SWIFT & CO. v. PETERSON


192 Or. 97 (1951)

233 P.2d 216

SWIFT & COMPANY and ARMOUR & COMPANY v. PETERSON, DIRECTOR, OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed as modified June 6, 1951.

Petition for rehearing denied July 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catharine Carson Barsch, Assistant Attorney General, of Salem, and Blaine Hallock, of Baker, argued the cause for Appellant. With them on the brief was George Neuner, Attorney General, of Salem.

Manley B. Strayer, of Portland, argued the cause for Respondents. With him on the brief were Hart, Spencer, McCulloch, Rockwood & Davies, of Portland.

Before BRAND, Chief Justice, and HAY, ROSSMAN, LUSK, LATOURETTE and WARNER, Justices.


AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

WARNER, J.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment construing Chapter 193, Oregon Laws 1949, which provides for the identification of livestock and the prevention of livestock theft. A copy of the relevant sections of the Act, hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1949, is appended to this opinion.

The plaintiffs, Swift & Company and Armour and Company, are engaged in the packing house business, the former maintaining a...

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