Great Northern Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
•VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error challenges a judgment of conviction in a criminal case whereby the Great Northern Railway Company, a ^Minnesota corporation engaged ás a common carrier in the transportation of property wholly, by railroad from points in Minnesota to points in the state of Washington, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 for each of 15-violations of section 1 of the act of February 19, 1903 (32 Stat. 847, c. 708 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1905, p. 599]), known as the “Elkins Act,” which declared, inter alia:
“And it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or…
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