Grand Trunk Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for, the Eastern Division of the Northern District of.Illinois; Kenesaw M. Landis, Judge. Action for statutory penalties by the United States against the Grand Trunk Railway Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error. The United States, defendant in error, brought this suit against plaintiff in error to recover a penalty for violation of tho act of June 29, 1906 (U. S. Comp.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for, the Eastern Division of the Northern District of.Illinois; Kenesaw M. Landis, Judge. Action for statutory penalties by the United States against the Grand Trunk Railway Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error. The United States, defendant in error, brought this suit against plaintiff in error to recover a penalty for violation of tho act of June 29, 1906 (U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, Supp. 1911, p. 1341), commonly known as the Twenty-Eight Hour Law, and being “An act to prevent cruelty to animals while in…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The pertinent sections, of the statute under which this suit was instituted, omitting the portions not essential to the consideration of the case, provide:
“That no'railroad * * * whose road forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals shall be conveyed from one state or territory or the District of Columbia into or through another state, or territory, or the District of Columbia, * * * shall confine the same * * * for a period longer than twenty-eight consecutive hours without unloading the same in a humane manner into…
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