Legal Opinion
United States v. Western & A. R.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 1, 1910PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action by the United States of America against the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company to recover a penalty for a violation of the safety appliance act. Demurrer to the declaration.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a suit under the safety appliance act. The declaration, after certain formalities, proceeds as follows:
“That said defendant is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad among the several states and territories of the United States, particularly the states of Tennessee and Georgia. Plaintiff further alleges that in violation of the act of Congress known as the ‘Safety Appliance Act,' approved March 2, 1893 (contained in. 27 Statutes at Large, p. 531), as amended by an act approved April 1, 1896 (contained in 29 Statutes at Large, p. 85), and as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. International & G. N. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Southern Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionIndiana Supreme Court · 1913