Mutual Transit Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Action by the United States against the Mutual Transit Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Action by the United States against the Mutual Transit Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. A judgment was rendered against the plaintiff in error, the defendant below, upon an information charging such defendant with the offense of unlawfully and willfully offering, giving, and granting a rebate or concession, in violation of the act to further regulate commerce of February Í9. 1903. In tho statement' aiul opinion following the parties are designated as in the District Court. The…
1Opinion of the CourtNoyes, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The act to further regulate commerce, known as the “Elkins Act” (Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 708, 32 Stat. 847 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 1138]), as it existed at' the time of the aforesaid transactions, made it a mide-meanor for any person or corporation—
“to offer, grant or give or to solicit, accept or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect of the transportation of any property in interstate or foreign commerce by any common carrier subject to the said act to regulate the commerce and the acts amendatory thereof, whereby any such…
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