Schroble v. Lehigh Valley R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND,
Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The defendant contends that the judgment should be reversed because (a) there was no proof of any violation of the Safety Appliance Acts; (b) there was no proof of negligence; and (e) there were various errors in the exclusion of evidence and in the judge’s charge.
The violation of the Safety Appliance Acts which plaintiff relies on is apparently based on sections 1, 3, and 9 of title 45 of the United States Code (45 USCA §§ 1, 3, 9). Section 1 requires that no train shall be run which has not a sufficient number of ears in it…
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