United States v. Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha

Citations

• 161 F. 919
• 1908 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 409

Syllabus

<p>Commerce — Interstate Commerce — Stock Yard — Safety Appliance Act— “Common Carrier.”</p> <p>Tlie defendant, the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha, in connection with the business of furnishing facilities for stock yards, operates 35 miles of railroad, over which are hauled all the cars offered for shipment by any industry located on the line of said railroad, and all cars consigned to any such industry, and also cars from one railroad to another in course of shipment from one state to another, for which an arbitrary switching charge is made. Held, that defendant, in operating such railroad, is a common carrier, engaged in interstate commerce within the safety appliance acts. Act March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3174), amended April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85, and March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 885).</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 2, pp. 1313, 1319; vol. 8, p. 7607.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>