ERIE R.R. CO. v. NEW YORK

No. 266.

233 U.S. 671 (1914)

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. George F. Brownell was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Wilber W. Chambers, with whom Mr. Thomas Carmody, Attorney General of the State of New York, and Mr. Claude T. Dawes were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Action for penalty brought by the people of the State of New York against defendant in error, herein called the railroad company, for an alleged violation of the Labor Law of the State entitled "An Act in relation to labor, constituting chapter thirty-two of the General Laws," as amended by Chapter 627 of the Laws of 1907.1

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