Legal Opinion

Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 21, 1914No. 4015PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota; F. A. Youmans, Judge. Prosecution of the Northern Pacific Railway’ Company for failing to correct an omission of an instance of excessive service of its employés in its monthly report. From a conviction, the railroad company brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The railway company complains of a judgment of $500 against it for five fines of $100 each for failing for five successive days to correct an unintentional omission of an instance of excessive service of some of its employés from its monthly report of such instances, filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission on November 29, 1912.

The Interstate Commerce Commission, under the authority of the amendment of section 20 of the act to regulate commerce of February 4, 1887, chapter 104, 24 Stat. 386 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3169), made June 18, 1910, and found in chapter…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  4. Omaha Water Co. v. City of OmahaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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3Cited by11 opinions

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