United States v. Southern Pac. Co.
District Court, D. Oregon
On Demurrers to Answers. Action in two counts, instituted under the safety appliance a’ct of Congress, to recover the penalties prescribed for a violation of the act.
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On Demurrers to Answers. Action in two counts, instituted under the safety appliance a’ct of Congress, to recover the penalties prescribed for a violation of the act. The first count charges the defendant with having hauled Union Pacific car No. 11,147, loaded with coal, while being used in moving interstate traffic, from East Portland in the state of Oregon to Portland in said state, when the coupling and uncoupling apparatus on the A end and the B end of said car was out of repair and inoperative, the chain connecting the lock pin or lock block to the uncoupling lever being broken on the A…
1Opinion of the Court
WOEVERTON, District Judge.
Briefly stated, the conditions under which the cars in question were moved by the defendant, railroad company are as follows: The line of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company enters Portland from the east. Its junction with the Southern Pacific is at the latter’s station in East Portland. The former company owns and operates repair shops on the east side of the Willamette river, distant from the junction approximately one mile; and the Southern Pacific Company likewise owns.and operates car shops on the same side of the river, two miles distant. The cars in…
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