Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. Action by the United States of America against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by the United States against the railway company to recover penalties for a violation of the “Plours of Service Act, 34 Stat. 1415.” The complaint contained ten counts which alleged violations of section 2 of said act, by the company, in requiring and permitting R. Connell and J. W. King, alleged to be telegraph operators and employes, to be and remain on duty for a longer period than 9 hours in certain 24-hour periods, occurring from August 1 to 6, 1912, at Kansas City, Mo. At the close of all the evidence, the trial court, at the request of counsel…
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