United States v. Southern Ry. Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
At Law. Suits, in the Northern division of Eastern District of Tennessee, by the United States against the Southern Railway Company to recover penalties for hauling and permitting to be hauled over its line within tire jurisdiction of the court certain cars not equipped as required by the Safety Appliance Act, consolidated. Verdict in favor of the United States. Motion for new trial by Southern Railway Company.
1Opinion of the Court
SANFORD, District Judge.
[1] 1. The first ground of the motion is based on the alleged want of jurisdiction in the court arising from tbe fact that the violations of the Safety Appliance Act (Comp. St. §§ 8605-8612) established by the proof were shown to have been committed in the Northeastern Division of this District.
Section 6 of the Act provides that for every violation of the Act the carrier shall be liable to a penalty “to be recovered in a suit * * * to be brought * * * in the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction in the localiiy where such violation shall have been…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Rosencrans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Matheson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Clement v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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