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ATCHISON, T. & S.F. RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 267.

244 U.S. 336 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 635

61 L.Ed. 1175

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul Burks, with whom Mr. Robert Dunlap, Mr. E.W. Camp and Mr. Gardiner Lathrop were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Underwood, with whom Mr. Alex Koplin was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The United States brought an action in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California, Southern Division, against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, to recover the sum of $1500 for three alleged violations of the Hours of Service Act of March 4, 1907, 34 Stat. 1415, 1416, the relevant parts of which are as follows:

"Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any...

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