United States v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.

DICKINSON, District Judge.

This is an action for a penalty under the provisions of the act of June 29, 1906. It was by agreement tried before the court without the intervention of a jury under the provisions of the Revised Statutes.' There were several cases tried at the same sitting of the court, although kept separate in form. The facts are not in controversy. The present case is in effect a case stated. There is but one question involved in it. The question is whether the defendant carrier had been relieved from responsibility for the care of cattle shipped over its road. Whether so…