Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. United States

This is an .action brought by the United States to recover penalties for alleged violation of the Hours of Service Act of March 4,1907-, c. 2939, § 2; 34 Stat. 1415. The case was tried by a Judge under a stipulation waiving a jury. Rev. Stats..§.§ 649, 700. He found the defendant railroad company liable, subject to an exception to his refusal to rule that there was no evidence to warrant a reeoveiy. The fácts were not in dispute and the decision turned on the Judge’s view of the law. 1 298 Fed. 549. His judgment was sustained by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 3 Fed. (2d) 138. The material part…