United States v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Judge. Action for a penalty by the United States against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment was rendered for defendant on a directed verdict, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
-This action was begun by the United States on August 6, 1912, to recover $200 from the defendant in error, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, for violation of the Safety Appliance Act. The declaration contained two counts, the first count relating to a violation of the act in the use by the railway company of a New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car, No. 75,653, while the same was in a defective condition, and the second count relating to a Southern Railway car, as to which there is no controversy on this writ of error. The jury, by direction of the court,…
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