Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Action by the United States against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company for penalty for confinement of cattle in violation of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law. There was a judgment for the United States (238 Fed. 428), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
Four suits, originally distinct, for violation of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law, were consolidated by agreement, and were submitted to the District Court without a jury. Three of the government’s charges were sustained (238 Fed. 428), and are now before us on this writ; the fourth charge was dismissed, and will be disposed of in a separate opinion to be filed herewith. See 247 Fed. 469. All the facts were undisputed, and the only point involved in the case now being considered is whether the District Court had competent evidence before it to support its finding that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Nashville Interurban Ry. v. BarnumCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- United States v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- United States v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1916
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- McCaughn v. Electric Storage Battery Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1933
- Routzahn v. Willard Storage Battery Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
- United States v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- United States v. Boston & M. R. R.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1936
- McCaughn v. Electric Storage Battery Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1933
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