Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of the Safety-Appliance Acts, and the duties and liabilities of carriers to equip their cars with safety appliances, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
Two separate actions were brought by the Government in the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, an Iowa corporation engaged as a common carrier in interstate commerce. The object of each action was to recover certain penalties which, the United States alleged, had been incurred by the company for violations, in several specified instances, of the Safety Appliance Acts of Congress. March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531; April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85; March 2,1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943.. By consent of the…
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