United States v. St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co.

WALLACE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, The United States of America, brings this action against St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company charging the defendant with violating certain provi sions of the Safety Appliance Act, as amended,1 and asks for $100 on each of the the three causes of action.

In its first cause of action the plaintiff alleges that the defendant on May 31, 1951, operated a diesel drawn train of nineteen cars in interstate commerce, in and about Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “when none of the cars in said train had their brakes used and operated by the engineer of the locomotive…