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UNITED STATES v. ERIE R.R.

No. 580.

237 U.S. 402 (1915)

UNITED STATES v. ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 3, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Underwood for the United States.

Mr. George S. Hobart and Mr. Gilbert Collins for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a civil action by the United States to recover from the Erie Railroad Company a penalty for each of several alleged violations of the Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531, as amended and supplemented by the acts of April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85; March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943; and April 14, 1910, c. 160, 36 Stat. 298.

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