Alcorn v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

This is an action for personal injuries under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Title 45, U.S.C.A., sections 51-59, charging a violation of Section 2 of the Safety Appliance Act. The petition alleges that plaintiff was between the freight cars of an interstate train "because the same would not couple automatically by impact without the necessity of plaintiff's going between same for the purpose of adjusting the couplers and to aid in making the coupling." Defendant's answer set up both assumption of risk and that plaintiff's own negligence was the sole cause of his injuries. As to the…