United States v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Actions by the United States against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, for penalty for confinement of cattle in violation of Thirty-Six Hour Raw. Trial by the court.
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
There were in. all six actions of the same general nature against the same defendant growing out of, in results, similar transactions. As bearing upon the liability of the defendant the circumstances differ. The cases were, however, all tried together, and can be disposed of in one opinion indicating the conclusions reached in each case. This will save reiteration of views and repetition of statements of what are in legal effect the same things.' Trial by jury was by agreement dispensed with, and the cases tried by the court without the intervention of a jury under…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Union Pac. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- United States v. Lehigh Valley R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918