Lancaster v. Fitch

Defendant in error, Ben E. Fitch, was a brakeman on an interstate freight train, and was injured on December 4, 1920, while uncoupling freight cars at Cut-Off Junction in the State of Louisiana. He brought suit for damages under the terms and provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Federal Safety Appliance Act in the District Court of Harrison County, Texas, alleging that-in the performance of his duties in attempting to uncouple the cars of said-train he went between two ears of the train for the purpose of turning the angle cocks on the air-brakes or air-brake system of…