United States v. Stockyards Terminal Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Action by the United States against the Stockyards Terminal Railway Company for violation of the 28-hour law. Judgment for defendant (172 Fed. 452), and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
RINER, District Judge.
This was an action brought by the United States against the defendant to recover a penalty for an alleged failure to comply with the provisions of section 1 of the act of Congress of ‘June 29, 1906 (Act June 29, 1906, c. 3594, 34 Stat. 607 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 1178]), known as the “28-hour law.” The parties are arranged in this court as they were in the court below, the pláin-tiff in error being the plaintiff, and the defendant in error being the defendant, and they will be hereafter referred to as plaintiff and defendant, respectively.
The petition originally…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. Union Pac. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- United States v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1907
- United States v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
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- United States v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1911
- United States v. Lehigh Valley R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1913
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