Erie R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for' the District of New Jersey. Action by the'United States of America against the Erie Railroad Company. -Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings derror.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the United States brought suit against the Erie Railroad Company to recover penalties for 26 violations of the Safety Appliance Acts. The verdict was rendered on instructions of the court below, which held that on the facts-shown the railroad was guilty of violating the act. On the imposition of a penalty on each of said counts, the railroad sued out this writ of error.
Eighteen of the counts, which we will first consider, charged that the railroad had moved that number of trains without having at least 75 per cent, of said cars controlled by air…
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