Legal Opinion
New York Cent. & H. R. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 4, 1908No. 774PublishedCited by 27 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This was an action of contract commenced in the district of Massachusetts, and, therefore, governed by the Massachusetts practice, which makes it equivalent to an action of debt for a statutory penalty. The verdict was for the United States, whereupon the respondent took out this writ of error. The suit was based on Act June 29, 1906, c. 3594, 34 Stat. 607 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 918), of which the essential sections are the first, second, and third, as follows:
“Section 1. That no railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Adams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by27 opinions
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