Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction'of the Safety Appliance Acts and determination of what constitutes contributory negligence on the part of a switchman in a railway yard, are stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Error to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a judgment of .the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois for $8,000, in an action brought by Brown, defendant in error, against the railway company for injuries received by him while working as a switchman in the railway company’s yards at Chicago.
The action was brought in the state court and removed on the petition of the railway company to the Federal court. ' ,
The first count of the declaration is based upon a violation of the Safety Appliance Act, and it also contains allegations based upon the Employers’…
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