United States v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Action by the United States against the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The United States complained of the • Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company in five separate counts, that on five different days it required and permitted its telegraph operator, M. W. Curtis, to be and remain on duty at Harlis, in the state of Minnesota, more than 9 hours in a period of 24 hours. The railway company answered that under the interpretation of the Hours of Service Act (34 Stat. 1415, 1416, § 2) made by the Interstate Commerce Commission in conference ruling No. 287-G, issued March 16, 1908, the station at Harlis was one operated only…
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