Northern Pac. Terminal Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to tbe District Court of the United States for the District of .Oregon. Prosecution against the Northern Pacific Terminal Company. From a judgment of conviction, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
In this case it appears that a car load of horses were brought from Plymouth, in the state of Washington, to Portland, Or., by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Cdmpany. The destination of the horses was the yards of the Union Stockyards Company in Portland, which are distant about 1,300 feet from the tracks of the railway company mentioned. That company, in transporting the horses from Plymouth to Portland, kept them confined, without feed, water, or rest, for more than 28 hours, in violation of the act of Congress of June 29, 1906, known as the “Twenty-Eight Hour…
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