United States v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas
District Court, W.D. Texas
At Law. Action by the United States against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas. Trial by the court. Judgment for plaintiff.
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At Law. Action by the United States against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas. Trial by the court. Judgment for plaintiff. This suit was brought by the government to recover of the defendant penalties aggregating $5,000 for alleged violations of the act of Congress entitled “An act to promote the safety of employés and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employés thereon,” approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. pt. 1, p. 1415), and commonly known as the “Hours of Service Act.” The defendant demurred to and answered the petition, hut substantially the same…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxey, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). When counsel for the respective parties submitted their able and interesting briefs in this cause, there were pending in« the Supreme Court the two cases of the United States v. A. T. & S. F. Railway Company, 220 U. S. 37, 31 Sup. Ct. 362, 55 L. Ed. 361, decided March 13, 1911, and B. & O. Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 221 U. S. 612, 31 Sup. Ct. 621, 55 L. Ed. 878,.decided May 29, 1911. The former involved the construction of the hours of service act, and the latter, among other questions, its constitutionality. In the present case…
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