United States v. New York, O. & W. Ry. Co.
District Court, N.D. New York
Action for penalties by the United States against the New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The defendant, the New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company, operates a railroad from. Weehawken, N. J., to Oswego, N. Y., with a division headquarters at the city of Norwich, N. Y., where at the time in question it employed train dispatchers and also assistants, or copy operators, so called, both day and night. It was the duty of these copy operators to copy the records of the movements of trains and act generally in a clerical capacity for the dispatcher, but two of them were in fact competent in emergencies to act as dispatcher. However, it was no part of the duty of…
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- Gleeson v. Virginia Midland RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- The MajesticSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Fish v. Chapman & RossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
- Bullock v. White Star Steamship Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
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- United States v. DelanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1917
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