Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Action by the United States of America against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff (184 Fed. 984), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
In an action against the railroad company under the Twenty-Eight Hour Law (Act June 29, 1906, c. 3594, 34 Stat. 607 [U. S. Comp. Stat. Supp. 1907, p. 918, Supp. 1909, p. 1178]), the court below instructed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff, and that ruling is specified as error.
[1] Section 1 of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law provides that no railroad company engaged in interstate transportation of cattle, swine, or other animals shall confine them for av longer period than 28 consecutive hours without’'unloading them for rest, water, and feeding, except in cases…
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