Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Action by the United States against the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company to recover a penalty for violating the 28-hour law. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
This is an action by the government against the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, under the 28-hour law, to recover a penalty for confining a consignment of hogs in a car while in transit for more than 36 hours without unloading in a humane manner. The only question presented for determination arises upon a motion made at the close of plaintiff’s testimony for a nonsuit, and another at the close of all the testimony for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant.-
The hogs were consigned by John Daubert, as shipper, to Mahoney Bros., Wallace, Idaho.…
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