Erie R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Clarke, Judge. Two actions by the United States against the Erie Railroad Company to recover the statutory penalties for violation of the Safety Appliance Act. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
These two cases present the same question, with regard to separate, but similar, incidents. In actions brought to recover the statutory penalties for violation of the Safety Appliance Act (27 Stat. 531) as amended (29 Stat. 85, and 32 Stat. 943), a verdict was directed against defendant on five counts, involving five cars; and to review judgments imposing the penalty of $100 for each violation, the railroad brings these writs of error.
It appeared without dispute that defendant’s N K yard at Youngstown is an interchange yard between various railroads; that government…
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