Illinois Cent. R. v. United States

SYMES, District Judge.

The Safety Appliance Act (Comp. St. §§ 8605, 8614) makes it unlawful for a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce to run any train in such traffic without a sufficient number of the ears thereof being equipped with train brakes, so that the speed can be controlled without the use of hand brakes. An order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, made pursuant to authority vested in it by the same act, requires that 85 per cent, of the cars in any such train shall have their brakes used and operated by the engineer of the train.

This suit was brought by the government…