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UNITED STATES v. HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RY. CO.

No. 14371.

210 F.2d 421 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RY. CO. HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Leo Meltzer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Warren Olney III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Floyd R. Benny, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for United States.

Quentin Bates, M. S. McCorquodale, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates, Houston, Tex., for Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co.

Before HOLMES, RUSSELL and RIVES, Circuit Judges.

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

Present for decision is whether the movement of three admittedly defective freight cars by the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company constituted violations of the Safety Appliance Act.1

The cars in question were part of a train moved into the Settegast Yard at Houston, Texas, by the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company, hereinafter referred to...

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