Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action by the United States against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company. Judgment for the United States,, and de- fendant brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action by the United States against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company. Judgment for the United States,, and de- fendant brings error. The writ of error is to reverse a judgment in favor of defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, for the sum of One Hundred Dollars, together with costs, entered upon a verdict, upon instruction of the Court, in favor of Appellee on the first, third, fifth and seventh counts of the declaration. The suit was brought under the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosscut, Circuit Judge
Section 2 of the Hours of Service Act, applicable to plaintiff in error, a common carrier within the meaning of that Act, provides:
“Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, its officers, etc., to require or permit any employs subject to this act to be, or remain, on duty for a longer period than sixteen consecutive hours, and whenever any such employe, of such common carrier, shall have been continuously on duty for sixteen hours, he shall be relieved and not required or permitted again to go on duty until he has had, at least ten consecutive hours off duty; and no such employe…
2Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 1916