United States v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Action by the United States against the St. Uottis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit to recover a penalty imposed by section 3 of the act of June 29, 190(5 (31 Stat. (¡08, c. 3559 1 | U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 11T9]), known as the •'‘Twenty-Eight Hour I,aw.” The United States charged in its complaint that the defendant railway company at a certain time and place failed to unload a shipment of cattle and sheep in a humane manner into properly equipped pens for rest, water, and feeding, as required by the act. The trial below resulted in a judgment for the defendant, from which the United States prosecutes error. ,. ' ‘
The agreed facts…
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