United States v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky. For opinion below, see 156 Fed. 195. Before SEVERENS, Circuit Judge, and KNAPPEN and SANFORD, District Judges.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of debt brought by the United States in the District Court against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover a penalty of $100 for the alleged violation of section 6 of the “Safety Appliance Act” of March 2, 1893 (Act March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 532, as amended by Act April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85 [U._ S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3175]). The cause of action stated in the petition is that the defendant “hauled a car with interstate traffic over its line of railroad in and about Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, within the…
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