Southern Pac. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Arizona; William H. Sawtelle, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Southern Pacific Company to recover penalties for alleged violations of the act of Congress entitled “An act to promote the safety of employés and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employés thereon,” approved March 4, 1907.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The complaint filed in this case contains 12 counts. The first 6 only are involved in the present controversy. It is charged in the complaint that the defendant is a common carrier; that in violation of the act of Congress, entitled “An act to promote the. safety of employés and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employés thereon,” approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1415), the defendant, beginning at the hour of 5:30 a. m. •on December 21, 1912, upon its line of railroad between the stations of Eordsburg, in the state of New Mexico, and Benson, in…
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