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UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

No. 6771.

60 F.2d 864 (1932)

UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 29, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. J. Hatfield, U. S. Atty., and L. E. Kilkenny, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., and James O. Tolbert, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C.

Henley C. Booth and Augustus G. Goodrich, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges, and JAMES, District Judge.

JAMES, District Judge.

This action was brought to recover penalties for violations of the Federal Safety Appliance Acts (45 USCA §§ 1-10). There were five counts in the complaint, each charging that the defendant railroad company had moved a train without making the use of power brakes capable of being operated by the engineer of the locomotive attached thereto. The District Court held that the several movements constituted switching operations within the...

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