United States v. Missouri Pac. R.
District Court, D. Colorado
Action by the United States of America against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, to recover the penalty imposed by the Hours of Service Act of March 4, 1907. On demurrer to special pleas of defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
This action is brought to recover the penalty imposed by act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1415). The complaint contains 12 counts, each of which charges a violation of the act in that the defendant required and permitted its telegraph operator and employee, whose duty it was to transmit, receive, and deliver orders pertaining to and affecting the movements of trains engaged in interstate commerce, to remain on duty overtime—some charging that the particular office at which the operator was employed was a station operated only during the daytime, while others charge that it…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- United States v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
- United States v. Southern Pac. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- United States v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1914
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