United States v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.
District Court, N.D. New York
Action for a penalty by the United States against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. On application to vacate a judgment against defendant. This is an application to vacate a judgment entered against the defendant for a penalty imposed for a violation of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law, on the ground that for the same violation a judgment for a penalty had been recovered against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, a connecting carrier, and paid.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
[ 1 ] September 24, 1910, at 12 o’clock noon, Ulmer Boatright, as consignor, shipped from Woodstock, Vt, to R. U. Uarrer, at London, Ohio, as consignee, in New York Central & Hudson River Railroad car No. 23078, 29 cows and 3 calves over the line of Woodstock & Vermont Railroad Company and connecting lines, viz., to White River Junction over said Woodstock & Vermont Railroad, thence over the line of Boston & Maine Railroad to Rotterdam Junction, N. Y., thence over line of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, the defendant, to West Seneca, N. Y., and thence to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1911
- New York Cent. & H. R. R. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Terminal R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924