Chicago, M. & P. S. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana. Action by the United States against the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought an action to recover a penalty of $100 for an alleged violation of Act Cong. March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531 (U. S- Comp; St 1901, p. 3174), known as the “Safety Appliance Act.” The violation alleged was the failure on the part of the plaintiff in error to comply with section 5 of the act, in that the height of the drawbar on the front end of a certain engine, measured perpendicularly from the tops of the rails to the center of the drawbar, was 30 inches, whereas the standard height for drawbars for freight cars on standard gauge roads as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Denver & R. G. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
- Wabash R. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
- United States v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1907
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