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COOPER v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

No. 15109.

217 F.2d 683 (1954)

Bob C. COOPER and Jim B. Cooper, Appellants, v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 29, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. Robertson, Marshalltown (Arley J. Wilson, Marshalltown, Iowa, was with him on the brief), for appellants.

A. B. Howland, Des Moines, Iowa (Bennett A. Webster, Jr., Des Moines, Iowa, was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and COLLET and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.

GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This was an action brought by appellants to recover damages to a shipment of six carloads of stocker cattle transported from Crystal City, Texas to Guthrie Center, Iowa. Recovery was sought because of the alleged violation of 45 U.S.C.A. § 71, referred to in briefs of counsel as the Cruelty to Animals Act and commonly known as the 36 hour law. It was alleged in the complaint that the cattle had been confined during transportation by the...

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