United States v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Eynchburg; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Action by the United States against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action instituted in th<; District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia to recover penalties for alleged violations of the “Safety Appliance Act.” The plaintiff alleges 12 causes of action and demands $1,200 aggregate penalties. Eleven of these causes are alike, alleging the violation of section 2 of the federal Safety Appliance Act approved March 2, 1903, demanding judgment.for $1,100 aggregate penalties. The eighth cause of action is in a class by itself (involving defective coupler, finally disposed of by the lower court).
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Baltimore & O. R.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1910
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