Statutory penalty
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From 233 U.S. 325 - Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Jacob Anderson · 1914Most cited · 105 citing opinions
It must be remembered that the purpose of this legislation is not primarily to enforce the collection of debts, but to compel the performance of duties which the carrier assumes when it enters upon the discharge of its public functions.