MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action to recover penalties for an alleged violation of the laws of the United States relating to the transportation of live stock; and the question involved is whether the defendants, who were in charge and control of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad as receivers, appointed by the Circuit Court of the United States, were liable in such an action.
The act under which this suit was brought...
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