United States v. Minneapolis & St. L. R.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
At Law. Petition by the United States of America against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, charging a violation of the Hours of Service Act. Judgment for plaintiff.
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At Law. Petition by the United States of America against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, charging a violation of the Hours of Service Act. Judgment for plaintiff. The petition contains 19 counts, each count charging violation of the act of Congress “limiting the hours of service of employés” upon railroads, approved March 4, 1907. Defendant iiled answer, substantially admitting all of the facts alleged in each count of the petition, but pleading as to each count a certain period of “release” of each of the employés between the beginning of the service and the termination…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The petition contains 19 counts, each count charging violation of the act of Congress “limiting the hours of service of employés” upon railroads, approved March 4, 1907.
There were four groups of employés, all in the freight service, on comparatively short runs, with the usual stops and delays for connections, and in all things practically typical of such service.
There is no question under the issues but that, as to each group, more than 16 hours’ continuous service was required of the employés, unless in computing such service there be deducted certain…
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