J. R. Cobb v. Union Railway Company

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellee, J. R. Cobb, obtained a verdict for $45,000.00 against Union Railway Company based on the Federal Safety Appliance Act (45 U.S.C. § 2) 1 and multiple violations of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.). The Railway Company appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

All of the questions presented by the appeal relate to the Federal Safety Appliance Act. Defendant contends that the District Judge erred in a portion of his charge, and in refusing to charge its Special Requests Nos. 1 and 3.

The accident occurred in…