Virginian Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Lynchburg; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Action by the United States against the Virginian Railway Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The writ of error in this case seeks to reverse a judgment obtained by the United States in an action, tried by the court without a jury, to recover penalties for alleged violations of the Safety Appliance Laws, so called. The violations in question are predicated upon the use of hand brakes, which is claimed to be forbidden, in the operation of certain trains on a section of defendant’s road, and it is conceded that hand brakes were used, in the manner and to the extent hereinafter described, on the occasions specified in the government’s declaration. The undisputed…
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