United States v. Chicago, B. & Q. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 156 F. 180
• 1907 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Equipment of Trains — Defective Appliances.</p> <p>Knowledge is not an element of an offense under tbe safety appliance act. The failure to include knowledge as an element of the offense must have been present in the mind of the enacting body, and its omission was intentional, in order that this statute might induce such a high degree of care and diligence on the part of the railway company as to necessitate a change in the manner of inspecting appliances, and to protect the lives and safety of employés from accident due to a defective appliance such as ■is designated in this act.</p> <p>[fid. Note. — Duty of railroad companies to furnish safe appliances, see note to Felton v. Bullard, 37 C. C. A. 8.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>