United States v. Erie Railroad Company
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the united states circuit court of appeals FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the Safety Appliance Acts, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van DevaNter
This was a. civil action by the United States to recover from the Erie Railroad Company a penalty for each of several alleged violations of the Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531, as amended and supplemented by the acts of April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85; March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943; and April 14, 1910, c. 160, 36 Stat. 298.
The declaration contained twenty-six counts. The first seven were based upon the use of that number of cars having defective couplers, the eighth upon the use of a car without grab irons or handholds at one end, and the remaining eighteen…
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