United States v. Pere Marquette R.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Action by the United States against the Pere Marquette Railroad Company. Judgment for the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
SESSIONS, District Judge.
This is a suit to recover penalties for alleged violations of the Safety Appliance Acts. The declaration contains three counts, each setting up a distinct and separate cause of action, but all based upon a single movement of a train from Wyoming Yard to Freight House Yard, in the city of Grand Rapids, on the 5th day of March, 1912. The first count charges the hauling in such train of an Erie car with the coupling apparatus on one end so out of repair as to be inoperative. The second count contains a like charge with reference to a Pere Marquette car in the same train.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Delk v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Wabash R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
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- United States v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1914
- Pennsylvania Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
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