Southern Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR . ■ THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. . The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of certain sections of the Safety Appliance Acts, are stated in the opinion. There is' a real and substantial relationship between interstate commerce and the equipping with safety appliances of all cars operated on a line of road engaged in carrying such commerce.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR . ■ THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. . The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of certain sections of the Safety Appliance Acts, are stated in the opinion. There is' a real and substantial relationship between interstate commerce and the equipping with safety appliances of all cars operated on a line of road engaged in carrying such commerce. Adair v. United States, 208 U. S. 161, 178. .The fact that the act of March 2, 1893, purports to have been enacted for the purpose of protecting travel-' ers and employes,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devantee
This was a civil action to recover penalties for the violation in specified instances of the Safety Appliance Acts of Congress. 27 Stat. 531, c. 196; 32 Stat. 943, c. 976. The Government prevailed in the District Court and the defendant sued out this direct writ of error.
Briefly stated, the case is this: The defendant, while operating a railroad which was “a part of/a through highway” over which traffic was continually being moved from one State to another, háuled over a part of its railroad,' during the month of February, 1907, five cars, the couplers upon which were defective and…
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