Erie Railroad v. Solomon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OHIO. The facts, which involve the construction land application of the Safety Appliance Act and the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion. A right, privilege and. immunity from liability was asserted and denied under the provisions of the Safety Appliance Act of the United States. The Federal Safety Appliance Act controls. The coupler satisfies the statute.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OHIO. The facts, which involve the construction land application of the Safety Appliance Act and the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion. A right, privilege and. immunity from liability was asserted and denied under the provisions of the Safety Appliance Act of the United States. The Federal Safety Appliance Act controls. The coupler satisfies the statute. A right, privilege, and immunity from liability was asserted and denied under the Fourteenth Amendment. In support of these contentions see Atlantic…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Solomon, the defendant in error, dued to recover for personal injuries suffered by him while he was working as a brakeman.on a switch engine in the yard of the. defendant company at Youngstown, Ohio.. The negligence charged was that the tender of the engine had a defective coupler in that the knuckle and pin on the same could not be worked without going between the . cars' and that the draw-bar. had so much side play .that it would not meet the couplers of other cars and therefore would not automatically couple by impact. The first defect may be put out of view as the jury found it did not…
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