Atlantic City Railroad v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP ERRORS AND APPEALS OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. The case is stated in the opinion. The failure of the couplers to couple when the cars are on a curve and the couplers are not ip line will not support a finding that the Safety Appliance Act has been violated. Congress did not intend- to require the impossible. Baugham v. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk R. R. Co., 241 U. S. 237; Morris v. St. Louis S. W. Ry.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP ERRORS AND APPEALS OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. The case is stated in the opinion. The failure of the couplers to couple when the cars are on a curve and the couplers are not ip line will not support a finding that the Safety Appliance Act has been violated. Congress did not intend- to require the impossible. Baugham v. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk R. R. Co., 241 U. S. 237; Morris v. St. Louis S. W. Ry. Co., 158 S. W. Rep. 1055. The question here was left open in San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Wagner, 241 U. S. 476. The case of St. Louis & San Francisco R.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action brought by the defendant in error to recover for the loss of an arm crushed while he was coupling a tender to a car.' ThereJs no dispute that the case is governed by the- Acts of Congress — the Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, §§ 2, 8; 27 Stat. 531, and the Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c.-149, §§ 3, 4; 35,Stat. 65. The facts material here are few. The engine had backed for the purpose of coupling with the car and had failed to couple automatically by impact. Thereupon the plaintiff, noticing that thedrawhead' was not in line with the one on…
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- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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