Decree ammending former decree filed in case of Live Stock Dealers and Butchers Association v. Crescent City Livestock Landing and Slaughterhouse Company
06/11/1870
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U.S. Circuit Court
No 6233
The Live Stock Dealers
& Butchers Association
&al
vs
The Crescent City Live
Stock Landing and
Slaughter House Co
&al
Decree amending
Former decree
Entered & filed June 11” 1870
[signed] F.R. Vinot
Dy Clk
[amendment handwritten vertically]
X subject to inspection and such other police
regulations as the said company and others engaged
in like employment are subject to
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And the Court directs that an injunction
be [struck through] Issued from this court enjoining
& restraining the defendants from commencing
or prosecuting any other suits upon their act
of incorporation than such as are now pend
ing against the said plaintiffs or either
of them [struck through] for doing or performing any
act [?] [?] embraced in the declara
tive clause of this decree or from suing
for any fine or penalty imposed in said
act of incorporation [struck through] for doing or
performing any of the acts aforesaid and
from interfering with them in the prose
cution of their lawful occupations as
live stock dealers as butchers or as vendors
of animal food or animals.
And the said Court here excepts from the
operation of this decree the proceedings in any
of the courts of the State that are now
pending but reserves to the said plaintiffs
all other remedies for their protection contain
ed in the Constitution of the United States
& Act of Congress [struck through]
whereby in the lawful pursuits aforesaid they
may be deprived of the rights here
declared & ascertained
[signed]
correct
J.P. Bradley
Assc Just Sup Ct US
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The Live Stock Dealers & Butchers Association
and other plaintiffs
vs
The ^Crescent City^ Live Stock Landing & Slaughter House Co
et al
This cause came on before the Court upon
a motion for a special Injunction & was argued
by counsel for the plaintiffs & defendants and
thereupon it is declared by the Court that the
said plaintiffs are entitled to land, keep ^or^ slaughter
any cattle beeves calves sheep swine or other an
imals and to have keep or establish any stock
landing yards pens slaughter houses or abattoirs
at any point or place on the East bank of
the Mississippi river within the parish of St. Bernard
or in the corporate limits of the City of New Orleans
below the United States barracks, or at any point
on the west Bank ^below the present depot^ of the New Orleans Opelousas
& Great Western R.R. Company to the same extent
of right as the said [struck through]
Crescent City Live Stock landing ^& Slaughter House Company^ have & enjoy X
& that the said parties (plaintiffs) may carry
on the live stock landing & slaughter house
business and may prepare animal food
for markets & may vend and dispose of
the same and may keep & maintain
animals for sale & erect [struck through] wharves sheds
stables & yards & do whatever it may be
lawful for the said defendants to do under
the terms of their act of incorporation
as an exclusive privilege [added] – subject to like
regulations as aforesaidThis primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier:
251430Full Citation: Decree ammending former decree filed in case of Live Stock Dealers and Butchers Association v. Crescent City Livestock Landing and Slaughterhouse Company; 06/11/1870; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/decree-ammending-former-decree-filed-in-case-of-live-stock-dealers-and-butchers-association-v-crescent-city-livestock-landing-and-slaughterhouse-company, April 25, 2024]