Alcorn Cotton Oil Co. v. State

Citations

• 100 Miss. 299
• 56 So. 397

Syllabus

<p>1. Cbiminax, Law. Adulteration. Code 1906, section 1317. Laws 1908, chapter 107.</p> <p>Code 1906, section 1317, making it unlawful for any person to adulterate cotton seed meal or sell adulterated cotton seed meal without noting the adulteration in plain characters upon each sack, is not repealed by acts 1908, chapter' 107, section 14, which regulates the sale, inspection and analysis of commercial feed stuffs sold or offered for sale or use in the state, and provides that nothing in the act shall be construed so as to require analysis and branding of cotton seed meal or any mixture thereof.</p> <p>2. Code 1906, Section 1317. Constitutionality of act.</p> <p>The offense denounced by Code 1906, section 1317, is not the mere sale of adulterated cotton seed meal, but the sellers failure to note on the sacks which contain adulterated cotton seed meal the fact of such adulteration, and under its police powers the legislature can require that fact to be noted for the protection of purchasers.</p>