Boiler Inspection Act

Boiler Inspection Act
A federal statute intended for the protection of railroad employees, perhaps also of passengers and the public at large, from injury due to industrial accident. Uric v Thompson, 327 US 163, 93 L Ed 1282, 69 S Ct 1018, 11 ALR2d 252. A statute regulating railroads in respect of the safety of certain equipment. 44 Am J1st RR § 274.

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