United States v. Powell

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

The United States of America brought suit in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia against the then receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, to recover a statutory penalty for violation of the act of Congress entitled “An Act To prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into or through another State or Territory or the District of Columbia.” 34 Stat. 607, title 45 USCA §§ 71-74, inclusive, popularly known as the…