Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Judge. Action by the United States against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. To the judgment rendered, both parties bring cross-writs of error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The United States sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company to recover penalties for alleged violations of the safety appliance laws. The declaration contains two counts, charging the defendant (1) with hauling in and about the city of Richmond, Va., on September 23, 1913, a car with coupling apparatus in such defective condition that the car could not be coupled automatically by .impact; and (2) with hauling iñ and about the city of Richmond, on September 25, 1913, a train of cars in transfer service without having the required percentage of cars operated with the power…
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