State v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
'Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WakREN D. TaeeaNt, Circuit Judge. Action for penalty under cb. 515, Laws of 1907, for that on the 11th day of January, 1908, one McGrath was a telegraph operator in defendant’s station at Milwaukee engaged in reporting and receiving orders affecting the movement of cars, engines, and trains of the defendant company, and operating signal devices; that on said day the defendant required, allowed, and permitted…
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'Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WakREN D. TaeeaNt, Circuit Judge. Action for penalty under cb. 515, Laws of 1907, for that on the 11th day of January, 1908, one McGrath was a telegraph operator in defendant’s station at Milwaukee engaged in reporting and receiving orders affecting the movement of cars, engines, and trains of the defendant company, and operating signal devices; that on said day the defendant required, allowed, and permitted said McGrath to be and remain on duty for said defendant twelve consecutive hours, not by reason of any casualty upon…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Tbe primary and most earnestly argued question is whether the act (sec. 1816m, Stats.; Laws of 1907, ch. 575) prohibiting a corporation operating a line of railroad, in whole or in part, in this state, to require or permit any (telegraph or telephone) operator (including train dispatcher) to remain on duty for more than one period of eight consecutive hours, so regulates interstate commerce intentionally or by necessary effect that it invades the power conferred upon Congress by sec. 8, art. I, Const. U. S., “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with…
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