New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-07
THE COURTS.
United States Circu Court-The Slaugh-
terhOuse Cases KDJ Junction Against
Judge Dibbl0.

/ Judge DibbIe.
! Live Stock Dealers and Butchers Benevo.
lent Association VS.. Crescent City Slaugh.
i terhouse Company.-A petition to the fol-
lowing effect was filed yesterday:
The live stock dealers, consisting OF Jor-
dan T. Aycock, John Wilson, Benjamin
Welles, Paul Esteban, Daniel Broderlck and
! other prominent butchers and live stock
dealers, allege that on Friday, the third Of
June. 1870, an Injunction was issued from
the Eighth District Court of the parish of
Orleans, directed to the Mayor OF the city OF
New Orleans, the Administrator OF Com.
merce and of the Metropolitan Police, com.
manding them to perform certain acts, the
purport of which was to prevent the sale in
the public or private markets OF the city OF
New Orleans of any beet, mutton, fresh pork
or other meat used for human food, unless
the same had been killed and inspected in
the sIaughterhouse owned by the Crescent
City Live Stock Landing Slaughterhouse
Company.
The proceeding purports to be taken
under the civil rights bill and an Injunction
is asked restraining Judge Dibble and the
SlaughterhoUse Company from taking any
further action in relation to the Injunction
issued from the Eighth District Court on
Friday last.
The petitioners ask for writ of certiOrGy'i,
directing Judge Dibble to send up the papers
in said slaughterhouse injunction case. A
rule nisi to show cause why the papers
should not be SO transferred, was issued by
Judge Bradley and Judge Woods, returnabie
on Wednesday morning, the eighth instant.
The chip Island Canal Case.
In the matter of the contest between John
Lockwood and the Board of Drainage Com
misslOners, relative to certain DOCKS and
papers, belonging to the Ship Island Canal
Company alleged to have been forcibly
taken possession of by one of the parties,
Judge Cooley has decided against the right
OF the alleged trespassers to give bond and
retain the possession of such books.
The Warner Divorce Case.
The argument in this case in the Eighth
District Court-Judge Cooley presiding in
the absence of Judge Dibble-was closed
late on Saturday evening. Mr.. Earhart
spoke an hour and half. The matter was
taken under advisement.
The jackson Railroad Case.
The argument in this case was closed
yesterday, and Judge Dibole reserved his
decision.
The Eighth Justice Of the Peace.
II. G. Caulkins who was a Justice of the
Peace for the city of Jefferson. before its
absorption by the city OF New Orleans. has
got himself into law, by assuming to act as
Eighth Justice of the Peace for the city Of
fortunately for Caulkins, he decided some
cases to which the parties interested OBJ
jected, and asked one thousand dollars
damages. The Attorney General intervenes
and says there is no such officer as Eighth
Justice Of the Peace. Judge Dibble OF the
Eighth District Court, is called on to decide
the matter.
The siaughterhouse Case.
Crescent City Live Stock Landing and
Slaughterhouse Company VS.. Board of
Metropolitan Police, ct al.-Atlorney Gene
raj Belden yesterday filed in this case,
petition of intervention, to the following
effect:
He adopts plaintiffs petition, and prays
that the Injunction granted in the case may
be made perpetual. The petitioner repre-
sents that the State of Lousiana is inter.
ested in the strict enforcement of the law in
reference to the slaughtering OF animals for
food in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson
and st. Bernard, and that violation of
said law would be of irreparable injury to
the intervenor; that her interest in having
her laws sustained and respected is of
higher Importance than any money consid-
eration resting. MS it does, upon the ground
that protection is only given to the people,
and dignity and force to government, when
the laws are faithfully executed, wherefore
intervenor prays that the injunction herein
sued out may be made perpetual, etc.