United States v. Illinois Cent. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action in the nature of a common-law action of debt brought in the District Court by the'United States against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover penalties of $100 each for 22 alleged infractions of Safety Appliance Act March 2. 1893, c. 19(5, § (i, 27 Stat. 532 (U. S. Cómp. St. 1901, p. 3175), each offense being set out in a separate count. Some of these counts were for hauling cars in interstate traffic with defective automatic couplings, some with defective grab irons and some with drawbars not on the proper level above the track. There was…
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