District Court, S.D. Texas May 8, 1926, Nos. 700, 765 (United States v. Texas & N. O. R. Co.)

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

In the above cases the United States government, as plaintiff, has charged the defendants with a violation of the act of Congress known as the Safety Appliance Act, approved March 2, 1893 (27 Stat. 531), as amended by an act approved April 1, 1896 ( 29 Stat. 85), as amended by an act approved March 2, 1903 (32 Stat.