...the provision made by Congress, subjecting carriers, while under operation by the Director General, "to all laws and liabilities as common carriers, whether...arising under state or Federal laws or at common law." Act of March 21, 1918 (US Comp. Stat. §§ 3115£a-3115fp, Fed. Stat. Anno. Supp. 1918, pp. 757-766)....

...company as defendant, must be construed as permissive only, in view of Federal Control Act, providing that carriers, while under federal control, shall...subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers, and that actions may be brought against them, "and judgments rendered as now provided by law." and...

...holds that the Director General alone was made subject, by § 10 of the Federal Control Act, to the "liabilities as common carriers, whether arising under State or Federal laws or at common law." To permit an action for injuries suffered during federal control to be brought either against the Southern...

...control act (US Comp. St. 1918, US Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, sec3115%-j), among other things provides: "That carriers while under Federal control shall be...other act applicable to such Federal control, or with Opinion. any order of the President. Actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against...

...provide for the operation of transportation systems while under federal control,' provides (section 10) 'that carriers while under federal control shall be...arising under state or federal laws, or at common Inw, eicept in so far as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act or with any order of the...

...liable * • » is rested specifically upon the clause in section 10 to the effect that the carriers 'shall be subject to all laws and liabilities as common...arising under state or federal laws or at common law,' and the provision in section 15 (section 3115%o) that the 'lawful police regulations of the several...

...§ 10 of the Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918, c. 25, 40 Stat. 451, 456, subjecting carriers " to all laws' and liabilities as common carriers, whether...under State or Federal laws or at common law, except " &c., rightly was said by the counsel for the petitioner to do no more than subject operations of...

...§ 10 of the Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918, c. 25, 40 Stat. 451, 456, subjecting carriers " to all laws and liabilities as common carriers, whether...under State or Federal laws or at common law, except " &c., rightly was said by the counsel for the petitioner to do no more than subject operations of...

...an annual amount," etc. § 2; " On the application of the President or of any carrier," etc., § 3; "Carriers while under Federal control shall be subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers," etc., § 10; " actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against such carriers," etc.,...

...holds that the Director General alone was made subject, by § 10 of the Federal Control Act, to the "liabilities as common carriers, whether arising under state or Federal laws or at common law." To permit an action for injuries sullered during Federal control to be brought either against the Southern...