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Against Packing Houses

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
June
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Supreme Court at Albany, N.Y., Grants Injuctions.

Albany, N. Y., June 5.- Supreme Court Justice Chester has granted an injunction restraining certain beef-packing companies of the west from carrying on business in this state in violation of the provisions of the Donnelly anti-trust law. The order was served upon the representatives of the concerns in this city and Troy yesterday, and will be served on others throughout the state as quickly as they can be reached. It was obtained upon the affidavit of D. W. Meredith, a former manager of Swift & Co.

The injunction is directed against Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Cudahy Packing company, Hammond company, Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Co., domestic and foreign corporations, and against Nelson Morris, Edward Morris and Ira N. Morris, co-partners, carrying on business as Nelson Morris & Co.

St. Louis After Packers.

St. Louis, June 5. - The supreme court has directed a writ of ouster to issue against the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing company and suspended the same on condition that the company comply with the state laws relating to corporations within five days. Th question of fine was reserved until further orders of the court. The other packers against whom similar information was filed were given until June 18 to respond and file return to rule.