United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Co

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

The Government, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment rendered against it in a civil action under the Safety Appliance Acts, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 1 to 16. The complaint averred that defendant had, “in violation of the provisions of the U. S. Code, title 45, sections 1 to 10, inclusive,” hauled on its railroad in and about Clearing, Illinois, on a certain date a certain freight car “when the coupling and uncoupling apparatus on the ‘B’ end thereof was out of repair and inoperative, * * * thus necessitating a man or men going between the ends of the cars to couple or…