Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States .for the Northern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Action by the United States against the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTOÑ, District Judge.
This is an action under the 28-hour law to recover the penalty for confining a consignment of hogs carried in one car for a period exceeding 36 hours; a release having been signed by the shipper. The hogs were shipped, over the Northern Pacific Railway, at Stevensville, Mont., at 12:30 p. m., February 5, 1912, consigned to F. A. Stevens, Wallace, Idaho. The billing of the car was changed by the Northern Pacific agent at Wallace, by striking a line across the words “Wallace, Idaho,” and writing “Osborne, Idaho,” across the face of the waybill. The car arrived at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
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