Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. The facts, which involve the construction of the Safety Appliance Acts and the duties and rights of carriers and of their employés thereunder, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Day
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action-was brought in a Pennsylvania court to recover for wrongfully causing the death of Adam M. Schlemmer, plaintiff’s intestate, as a result of injuries received while in the employ of the railroad company. The case has been once before in this court, and is reported in 205 U. S. 1, 13. The injury was received while Schlemmer, an employé of the defendant railroad company, was endeavoring to couple a shovel car 'to the caboose of one of the railroad trains of the defendant company.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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