Pennsylvania R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania ; Charles P. Orr, Judge. Action by the United States against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGHT, Circuit Judge.
The government brought suit in the court below7 against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for an alleged violation of the Act of March 4, 1907, commonly known as the Hours of Service Act (34 Stat. 1415, 8 Comp. Stat. 1916, p. 9448), and recovered judgment.
There being no disputed question of fact, the case was tried without a jury. The respect in which the railroad company is claimed to have violated the act is that it required or permitted one of its em*610ployés to continue or to again go on duty after he had already been working for more than 16 hours in the aggregate,…
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