Southern Pac. Co. v. United States

SCOTT, District Judge.

This action was brought by the United States against the Southern Pacific Company in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico, under the act of Congress known as the Safety Appliance Act, approved March 2, 1893, as amended by the acts approved April 1, 1896, March 2, 1903, and April 14, 1910 (45 USCA § 1 et seq.; Comp. St. § 8605 et seq.), to recover the penalty therein provided. Briefly stated, the violation complained of is that the defendant is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad in the state of New Mexico, and…