United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.

NORDBYE, District Judge.

The case consists of two causes of action based upon the charge that two of defendant’s employees were required to be on duty for a period longer than nine hours out .of twenty-four in violation of 45 U.S.C. § 62, which reads,

“It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, its officers, or agents, subject to sections 61-64 of this title to require or permit any employees subject to said sections to be or re*89main on duty for a longer period than sixteen consecutive hours, and whenever any such employee of such common carrier shall have been continuously on duty for sixteen…