United States v. Union Pac. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Wyoming.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This was an action at law instituted by the United States to recover a penalty from the defendant railroad company, a carrier of interstate commerce, for alleged violation of Act Cong. June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 607, c. 3594 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 918), which prohibits confinement of live stock in cars for more than 28 hours without unloading for rest, water, and feeding. The petition stated facts constituting a cause of action under the statute, and particularly stated that the railroad company confined the live stock “knowingly and willfully.” The answer contained…
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