United States v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
At Law. Action by the United States against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. Two cases. On demurrers to answers.
1Opinion of the Court
WESTENHAVER, District Judge.
These cases arose under the twenty-eight hour stock law act of June 29, 1906 (U. S. Comp. Stat. 1916, § 8651). Defendant has filed an answer to the first, fourth, and fifth causes of action in case No. 9934, and to the first and second causes of action in case No. 10088, and to these answers plaintiff has demurred generally.
All the answers set up the same defense in precisely the same language, varying only in describing the shipment and in one respect, presently to be noted, in the answer to the fourth and fifth causes of action in case No. 9934. All the shipments…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- St. Joseph Stockyards Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- United States v. Stockyards Terminal Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
- United States v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1911
- United States v. St. Joseph Stockyards Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1909
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