PENN v. CHICAGO & N. W. RY. CO.

No. 9253.

163 F.2d 995 (1947)

PENN v. CHICAGO & N. W. RY. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drennan J. Slater, James B. O'Shaughnessy, and Lowell Hastings, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Royal W. Irwin, of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before SPARKS and MAJOR, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in plaintiff's favor, entered October 10, 1946, in a suit brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., based on an alleged violation of the Federal Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 2, which requires a railroad engaged in interstate commerce to equip its cars with couplers "which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars."

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