Legal Opinion
United States v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided December 30, 1907PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T. C. MUNGER, District Judge.
This action is brought by the United States against the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, and the petition alleges that the defendant violated the acts of Congress known as the “safety appliance acts” in hauling on its line an empty railroad car consigned from Omaha, Neb., to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on which a grab iron was missing. The answer of the defendant admits that it hauled its own empty car from Omaha, Neb., to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and alleges that the car was inspected at South Omaha .on June 3, 1906, and found to be in bad condition, the grab iron'…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Voelker v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1902
- Mosle v. BidwellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
- United States v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. R.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1906
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. of Hardinsburg v. Atchison, T. & S. F. RY. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Southern Ry. Co. v. SnyderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1911
- Southern Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- United States v. Erie R.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1909
- G. Ricordi & Co. v. Columbia Graphophone Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1919
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