Legal Opinion
United States v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided March 24, 1913No. 1,256PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action by the United States of America against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company.
1Opinion of the Court
POLLOCK, District Judge.
This action, in three counts, was brought'by the government to recover penalties provided for violations of Act of Congress March 4, 1907, c. 2939, 34 Stat. 1415 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1321), commonly designated as the Hours of Service Act. ■
The facts, as stipulated by the parties in the several counts of the petition, are, briefly summarized, as follows:
Count 1. The defendant permitted its locomotive fireman, Roy Scott, to go on duty on October 18, 1911, at 6 a. m. The run of this engine was from Pueblo, Colo., to the station of Horace, this state. That at 10…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- United States v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
- United States v. Great Northern Ry. Co.District Court, D. Idaho · 1913