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UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 15798.

252 F.2d 6 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Guy A. THOMPSON, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 29, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Meltzer, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Warren Olney III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Osro Cobb, U. S. Atty., James W. Gallman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., and Floyd R. Benny, Attorney, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

R. Ben Allen, Little Rock, Ark. (Pat Mehaffy, Little Rock, Ark., was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by the United States to recover statutory penalties for alleged violations of the Safety Appliance Acts, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-16. Jurisdiction is based on 45 U.S.C.A. § 6. The complaint contained seven causes of action. Issues were joined and the case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the defendant (appellee) on each cause of action. Judgment was entered on the verdict. The Government...

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