United States v. South Buffalo Ry. Co.

KNIGHT, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought to collect a penalty for violating the Safety Appliance Act, Title 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 1 to 16, and an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, issued pursuant thereto, dated June 6, 1910. The original complaint was based on 10 causes of action. Eight of them were based on defective safety appliances, other than air brakes, while the remaining two are based on the allegations of violations in respect to the equipment and operation of trains without the required per cent of cars operated by brakes by the engineer drawing the train.

The…