United States v. Chicago Junction Ry. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Actions by the United States of America against the Chicago Junction Railway Company. Judgment for defendant in each case. Four actions to recover penalties for alleged violations of the Act of June 29, 1906, “An act to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit.”
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Actions by the United States of America against the Chicago Junction Railway Company. Judgment for defendant in each case. Four actions to recover penalties for alleged violations of the Act of June 29, 1906, “An act to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit.” The facts •covered by stipulation are: The Chicago Junction Railway Company, the defendant, is a railroad corporation organized under the laws of fhe state of Illinois, and doing a railroad business wholly within the city of Chicago, in said state, and principally within the district comprising the Union Stockyards in that city.…
1Opinion of the CourtGeiger, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The-fact that the defendant’s functions are limited to a terminal, switching, or interchange service, while not relieving, it from the obligations-of the statute, is of controlling importance, when considered with the *727further concession that, in the situation presented in each of the cases before us, the “quickest and only way in which they (the confined horses) can be unloaded, is by the performance of the switching service by the defendant from the receiving tracks to the unloading platforms of the Union Stockyard & Transit Company.” There are cases which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1915
- United States v. Terminal R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924