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SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. v. LORICK

No. 762.

243 U.S. 572 (1917)

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY v. LORICK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.B.S. Lyles for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Frank G. Tompkins, with whom Mr. Geo. Bell Timmerman was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Federal Safety Appliance Acts (as supplemented by Act of April 14, 1910, c. 160, 36 Stat. 298, 299) prohibit a carrier engaged in interstate commerce from hauling a car with a defective coupler, if it can be repaired at the place where the defect is discovered. United States v. Erie R.R. Co., 237 U.S. 402, 409. The Seaboard Air Line Railway received such a car...

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