Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Locker

Defendant in error, Locker, was an employee of plaintiff in error, railway company; in the capacity of brakeman. While Locker and other members of the train crew were doing switching at McGregor, two freight cars of the railway company failed to couple on the first trial. The cars were being used in interstate traffic, and were loaded with steel rails. After the two cars had failed to couple, and, while they were about 12 feet apart, and neither of them moving, Locker went between them, as he claims, to adjust the couplers, and, after making such adjustment as he thought necessary, signaled…