United States v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is an.action by the government on 12 counts to recover of the defendant the sum of $100 in each instance for the violation of, the Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893 (27 Stat. 531 [Comp. St. §§ 8605-8812]), as amended by Act approved April 1, 1896 (29 Stat. 85 [Comp. St. § 8610]), and as further amended by the Act of March 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 943 [Comp. St. §§ 8613-8615]). The jury has been waived and the case sub*723mitted upon an agreed statement of facts. The sole question, therefore, is one of law, and that is: Does the statute apply where the equipment moves…