United States v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error challenges a judgment for the defendant in a civil action to recover a penalty for an alleged violation of the safety appliance law of Congress embodied in Act March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531 (U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 3174), Act April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85, and Act March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 913 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 885). Stripped of matters about which there is no controversy here, the violation charged consisted in hauling a car, in the usual course of transportation, when one of the couplers thereon was broken and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. DelkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
- Neal v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. NealSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- United States v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1907
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- Johnson v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. EisenhartCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
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