Legal Opinion
United States v. Spokane International Ry. Co.
District Court, D. Idaho
Decided December 22, 1928No. 1021PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAVANAII, District Judge.
The United States brings this action against the Spokane International Railway Company to recover penalties for alleged violations of the Federal Safety Appliance Acts (45 USCA § 1 et seq.). Three counts are embraced in the complaint, which, were, after the overruling of the demurrer, submitted to the court upon an agreed statement of facts without the intervention of a jury. Counts 1 and 2 are based on section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1893, as amended by the Act of March 2, 1903 (45 USCA §§ 2, 8-10). They charge the defendant with using on its line, over a part of a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Delk v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. New York Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1946
- United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
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