Wabash R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the1 United States for the Western District of Missouri. Action by the United States against the Wabash Railroad Company to recover penalty for cruelty to animals while in transit. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
A judgment for the penalty prescribed by the act of June 29, 1906, to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit (34 Stat. 607, c. 3594 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 918, Supp. 1909, p. 1178]), was rendered against the Wabash Railroad *7Company because it confined a shipment of cattle from Kansas City, Kan., to Elmo, Mo., more than 28 and less than 36 hours in the face of a written request, made at the time the cattle were delivered to the company for transportation, that the time of their confinement be extended to 36 hours.
The company complains because the court…
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