Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the West--ern District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Action by the United States against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company. There was a judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether the telegraph offices of the railway company at Guthrie and South Guthrie, Okl., constitute a single “office, place or station,” within the meaning of the proviso of section 2 of the Hours of Service Act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1415), that when-operated continuously night and day an operator therein shall not be required or permitted to remain on duty more than 9 hours in any 24-hour period. The trial court held they did.
Both places are in charge of the same station agent. They are four-tenths of a mile apart, are within the…
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