Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Olin Wellborn, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway to recover penalties for alleged violations of the act of Congress entitled “An act to promote the safety of employés and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employés thereon,” approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1415, c. 2939 TComp.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Olin Wellborn, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway to recover penalties for alleged violations of the act of Congress entitled “An act to promote the safety of employés and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employés thereon,” approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1415, c. 2939 TComp. St. 1913, §§ 8677-8680]). Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error is charged in the complaint filed by the United States with having permitted three-of its employes to be and remain on duty for a longer period than 1(5 hours, to wit, from the hour of 10:40 p. m. on October 2, 1912, to the hour of 8:25 p. m. on October 3, 1912. It appears from the stipulated facts filed in the court below that the employés of the plaintiff in error were employed as conductor and brakeinen, respectively, on one of the trains of the plaintiff in error running between Parker, Arte., and Los Angeles, Cal.; that the employés went on…
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