C., B. & Q. RY. v. UNITED STATES

No. 329.

220 U.S. 559 (1911)

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph W. Breckenridge, with whom Mr. Charles J. Greene was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Fowler, with whom Mr. Barton Corneau, special assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Two separate actions were brought by the Government in the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, an Iowa corporation engaged as a common carrier in interstate commerce. The object of each action was to recover certain penalties which, the United States alleged, had been incurred by...

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