United States v. Atlantic Coast Line R.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern-District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Action by the United States against the Atlantic Coast Dine Rail- road Company to recover the penalty for violation of the twenty-eight hour law. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern-District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Action by the United States against the Atlantic Coast Dine Rail- road Company to recover the penalty for violation of the twenty-eight hour law. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. This is a writ of error to a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, rendered in an action of debt wherein the United States was plaintiff, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Company, a corporation engaged in interstate commerce, was defendant. This action was…
1Opinion of the CourtPritchard, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts' as above). The statute under which this action was instituted is entitled:
“An act to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation from one state or territory or the District of Columbia into or through another state or territory or the District of Columbia,” etc.
Thus it will be seen that the purpose of the statute is to prevent any common carrier engaged in transporting interstate commerce from confining cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals in cars, boats, or vessels, for a longer period than 28 consecutive hours without…
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- Jacob v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia · 1821
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