Baltimore & O. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Clarke, Judge. Action by the United States against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company for penalties. Judgment for the government, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, the government alleged that the defendant, the railroad company, had violated the Hours of Service Act (34 Stat. p. 1415) by keeping on duty more than 16 hours, jon December 25 and December 26, 1914, the crew of a freight train bound from Newark to Chicago Junction. The crew consisted of 2 engineers, 2 firemen, a conductor, and 2 brakemen. The defendant admitted that more than 16 hours service had been rendered by the employés, but claimed that the delays which caused the excessive service resulted from casualty, unavoidable accident, or the act of…
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