United States v. Southern Pac. Co.

DE HAVEN, District Judge.

These actions were brought by the United States against the Southern Pacific Company to recover penalties alleged to have been incurred by the defendant under the provisions of Act Cong. June 29, 1906, c. 3594, 34 Stat. 607 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 918), entitled “an act to prevent cruelty to animals *413while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation from one state or territory or the District of Columbia into or through another state or territory or the District of Columbia,” etc., and were by order of the court consolidated and tried tog-ether. The…