Montana Cent. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States, for the District of Montana. This action was brought by the government to enforce a penalty growing out of the alleged violation of Act Cong. June 29, 1906, c. 3594, 34 Stat. 607 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 918) to prevent cruelty to animals, commonly known as the “Twenty-Eight Hour Law.”
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In Error to the District Court of the United States, for the District of Montana. This action was brought by the government to enforce a penalty growing out of the alleged violation of Act Cong. June 29, 1906, c. 3594, 34 Stat. 607 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 918) to prevent cruelty to animals, commonly known as the “Twenty-Eight Hour Law.” The plaintiff in error is a Montana corporation, and at the time in question owned and operated a railroad from a point near Great Falls to the city of Butte, in that state. Since the sole defense interposed by the defendant to the action is presented…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). From the foregoing statement it will he seen that the answer itself expressly alleges that the horses in question were confined on the company’s cars for a longer period than 28 hours without being unloaded for rest, water, or feeding, and that its failure to so unload them was not caused by storm, or other'accidental or unavoidable causes, which could not have been anticipated or avoided by the exercise of due diligence and foresight on the part of the company’s employés, and that the horses were not carried in cars in which they had, or could conveniently…
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