Legal Opinion
Baker v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1921No. 3623Published
In Error to District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas; J. C. Hutcheson, Judge. Action by the United States against James A. Baker, receiver of the International & Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought this action against: the plaintiff in error, the receiver of the International & Great *898Northern Railway (herein referred to as the defendant), to recover penalties for 10 alleged violations of the following portion of the Hours of Service Act (34 St. 1415; U. S. Compiled Stats. § 8678):
“That no operator, train dispatcher, or other employee who by the use of the telegraph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train movements shall be required or permitted to be or remain on duty for a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Willamette & Columbia River Towing Co. v. HutchisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
- Illinois Cent. R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917