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CARTER v. ATLANTA & ST. A. B. R. CO.

No. 23.

338 U.S. 430 (1949)

CARTER v. ATLANTA & ST. ANDREWS BAY RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 19, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kirkman Jackson argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

B. D. Murphy argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was James N. Frazer.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Federal Safety Appliance Acts require railroad cars used in interstate commerce to be equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact.1 This case brings before us for review another action for damages by a railroad employee under the Safety Appliance Acts and the Federal Employers' Liability Act.2 The trial court instructed the jury that there...

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