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N.Y. CENTRAL R.R. v. UNITED STATES

No. 169.

265 U.S. 41 (1924)

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.H. West for the New York Central Railroad Company.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Monroe C. List was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to recover penalties prescribed by the Safety Appliance Acts (Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531, as amended April 1, 1896, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85, and March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943). Judgment went in favor of the United States. The case was taken by defendant to the Circuit Court of Appeals on writ of error, and that...

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