Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Lorick
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR. TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
The Federal Safety Appliance Acts (as supplemented by Act of April 14,1910, c. 160,36 Stat. 298, 299) prohibit a carrier engaged in interstate commerce from hauling a car with a defective coupler, if it can be repaired at the place where the defect is discovered. United States v. Erie R. R. Co., 237 U. S. 402, 409. The Seaboard Air Line Railway received such a car at one of its yards. Lorick, the local car inspector and repairer, who discovered the defect, undertook to make the repairs, as was in the line of his duty: To do so it was necessary to raise the coupler; and for this a jack was the…
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