NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO. v. AFFOLDER

No. 13858.

174 F.2d 486 (1949)

NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO. v. AFFOLDER.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon O. Hocker, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (Jones, Hocker, Gladney & Grand, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

William H. Allen, of St. Louis, Mo. (Mark D. Eagleton, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, RIDDICK, and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


COLLET, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff recovered judgment for $95,000.00 for personal injuries for an alleged violation of the provision of the Safety Appliance Act that:

"It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity...

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