United States v. Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co.

EVANS, District Judge.

In this action the United States seeks, in 12 separate paragraphs, to recover 12 separate sums, of $100 each, for 12 separate violations of the Safety Appliance Act. The defendant has admitted its liability for 2 of the penalties claimed, namely, those set up in the eighth and eleventh paragraphs of the petition, but contests its liability for the other 10.

The parties, pursuant to the statute, have, by a stipulation in writing, submitted the case to the judgment of the court without the inter*1002Vention of a jury. They have, also in writing, stipulated the facts upon which…