McCallum v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of California; Geo. M. Bourquin and Wm. C. Van Fleet, Judges. Action by the United States against John H. McCallum and others, constituting the Board of State Harbor Commissioners of the State of California, operating the State Belt Railroad. From an adverse judgment (281 Fed. 834), defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The United States, at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission brought an action to recover from the defendants, the board of state harbor commissioners of -the state of California, penalties alleged to have been incurred by them for violations of the federal Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893, 27 Stat. 531 (Comp. St. §§ 8605-8612), and the amendments thereto, committed in the operation of the State Belt Railroad, a railroad traversing the San Francisco harbor front and belonging to the state. The defendants answered, denying the jurisdiction, in that the…
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