...commerce by railroad," within the meaning of the Safety Appliance Act, a railroad must be "engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly...under a common control, management, or arrangement for the continuous carriage or shipment" from one state to another. The court below, taking the view...

...states and of England. This last-mentioned act may be summarized as follows: That the provisions of the act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers...property wholly by railroad or partly by railroad and partly by water. It provides that all charges for services shall be reasonable and just; that unjust...

...shall be considered and held to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this act, arid to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad. * * * All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers...

...carrier or carriers engaged in transportation of passengers or property wholly by rail or partly by rail and partly by water, when both are used under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage from one state or territory of the United States to any other state or territory...

...shall be considered and held to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this Act, and to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation...shipment), from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of...

...distance." The first section prescribes who shall be subject to the provisions of the act. They are. "any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation...under a common control, management, or arrangement for a continuons carriage or shipment," etc. The party then, it is claimed, who can be liable under...

...Housatouic Eailroad and to the petitioner. Respondent cites the first section of the act, providing that it shall " apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged...property wholly by railroad or partly by railroad aud partly by water, when both are used under a common control, management or arrangement for a continuous...

...provisions of the Nebraska statute are copied in the margin.i i Section 1. The provisions of this Bet shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, under a common control, management or arrangement for a continuous carriage or...

...answered by the first section of that act. By that section, the provisions of the act are declared to "apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in...from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of...

...Сотр. St. Supp. 1907, p. 892), provides among other things as follows: "That the provisions of this act shall apply * * * to any common carrier or carriers...'under a common control, management or arrangement for a continuous carriage or (shipment) * • • and also to the transportation, in like manner, of...