Hopkins v. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad

This was an action on the case, brought to recover damages of the defendant, for an injury occasioned in coupling cars, on the allegation that defendant had failed to provide the cars with proper links, bumpers, draw-heads and other necessary machinery and fixtures, so that the duty of coupling the cars might be safely performed; and on the further allegation, of permitting cars to be improperly loaded, whereby the danger of coupling was greatly increased. There was a further allegation, that the deficiency in the necessary apparatus for safe coupling of the cars might have been known to the…