United States v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio R.

WATSON, District Judge.

These two actions are brought by the United States under the Safety Appliance Acts, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-16. Specifically in question is the application of Section 2, which reads as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.” The actions were consolidated, as they involve two…