...imprisonment. § 6470. SEC. 4. Agricultural Products and Live Stock excepted. A. i*9«, P. — The provisions of this Act shall not apply to agricultural products *' or live stock while in the possession of the producer or raiser. § C-J71. SEC. 5. Damages, action for. — Any person or persons,...

...the production, transportation, or sale of merchandise, etc. Section 9 provided that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." The question arose before 'the court whether that was a valid act or a constitutional one. inasmuch...

...the United States, by reason of the fact that by the ninth section it declares that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of producer or raiser." The Circuit Court held this section to be repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment...

...the United States, by reason of the fact that by the ninth section it declares that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of producer or raiser." The Circuit Court held this section to be repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment...

...the United States because of the ninth section, which excludes from the operation of the statute " agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." In other words, and to present the discriminations of the statute in its application to persons, it punishes...

...combinations of capital. The part that vitiated the whole was Section 9, which says : "The provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." This provision, the judge held, was both class and special legislation, and therefore in contravention...

...the production, transportation, or sale of merchandise, etc. Section 9 provided that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." The question arose before the court whether that was a valid act or a constitutional one, inasmuch...

...statutes in some states make an arbitrary distinction between dealers and producers by declaring that the act " shall not apply to agricultural products or...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." Such a provision, being class legislation, makes the whole law invalid under the fourteenth amendment...

...suit, was condemned because of a section thereof that provided that the provisions of the act should not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser. In disposing of the question the court, at page 563, said: "It is one thing to exert the power of taxation...

...suit, was condemned because of a section thereof that provided that the provisions of the act should not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser. In disposing of the question the court, at page 563, 184 US, page 691. 46 L. ed., and page 441, 22 Sup....