WESTERN PAC. R. CO. v. STATE

No. 3668

241 P.2d 846 (1952)

WESTERN PAC. R. CO. v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Nevada

March 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodburn, Forman & Woodburn & Gordon Thompson, of Reno, for Appellant.

W.T. Mathews, Attorney General, George P. Annand, Robert L. McDonald, Thomas A. Foley, Deputy Attorneys General, of Carson City, and Jack Streeter, District Attorney, Washoe County, and John C. Bartlett, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.


MERRILL, Justice.

The Western Pacific Railroad Company has appealed from judgment of the trial court that the state recover the statutory penalty of $500 for violation of the Nevada "full crew law" and from order of that court denying motion for new trial. The applicable statute provides (sec. 6318, N.C.L. 1929):

"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation engaged in the business of common carrier, operating freight and passenger trains...

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