United States v. Chicago, B. & Q. R.

VAN VAEKENBURGH, District Judge.

The United States brought suit against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company to recover a penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 29, 1906 (34 Statutes at Earge 607 [Comp. St. §§ 8651-8654]), commonly known as the Twenty-Eight Hour Law. „ The allegations of the complaint, so far as they are material to this discussion, are as follows: That on or about October 12, 1921, 29 cattle, more or less, were consigned by M. O. Brown, in the *186state of Colorado, to M. O. Brown, care Beetham Commission Company, in…