Pennsylvania Co. v. Ebaugh

This suit was by the appellee against the appellant, and his complaint consisted of three paragraphs. One paragraph tendered the issue that the appellant had been negligent in requiring the appellee, a brakeman in its employ, to couple two freight cars, not owned upon the road, the drawbars of which were not of uniform standard, but were such that one stood higher than the other, and that said cars were constructed with deadwoods and with floors projecting over the ends of the sills so that when he attempted to make the coupling his arm was caught between the deadwoods and crushed. As…