CHICAGO & N.W. RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 250.

246 U.S. 512 (1918)

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles A. Vilas, with whom Mr. William G. Wheeler was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson, with whom Mr. S. Milton Simpson was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Charging violation of the Act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 607, to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit, the United States sued petitioner for the prescribed penalty and recovered a judgment in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, which the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. 234 Fed. Rep. 268.

The statute forbids an interstate railroad carrier...

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