United States v. Great Northern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Washington; Frank H. Rudkin, Judge- Action for statutory penalties by the United States against: the Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant on demurrer, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
[1] An action consisting of 12 counts was brought against the defendant in error to recover penalties for *928violations of the Safety Appliance Act approved March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531, as amended by Act April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85, and by Act March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943. It was alleged that the defendant ran on its line of railroad, in interstate commerce, certain freight trains drawn by its own locomotive engines, but that at times the speed of the trains was controlled by brakemen who were required to use common hand brakes for that purpose. There…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Bolles v. Outing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. WinnU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1838
- Virginian Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915
- United States v. Baltimore & O. R.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1910
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- United States v. Grand Rapids & I. Ry.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1916
- Dykes v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1985
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