Legal Opinion
United States v. Union Bank of Canada
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 10, 1919No. Nos. 60, 28PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Actions by the United States against the Union Bank of Canada and against the Royal Dutch West India Mail Company. Judgments for defendants, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
In the first case there is a writ of error to a judgment in favor of the defendant directed by Augustus N. Hand, J., in an action brought by the United States against the Union Bank of Canada to recover a penalty of $1,000 for violation of section 4 of the Immigration Act of February 20, 1907, which reads:
“Sec. 4. That it shall be a misdemeanor for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation or in any way to assist or encourage the importation or migration of any contract laborer or contract laborer's into the…
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