Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. C. A. Underhill

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment following a jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff below for injuries allegedly received by him from a fall off of a freight car, which he claimed resulted from a faulty coupling. It was brought under the Safety Appliance Act. 1

The car on which the plaintiff was riding rammed into the diesel engine that was supposed to be pulling it with such force as to throw him to the ground. The essential question for the jury to pass on was whether the car became uncoupled after having once been automatically coupled or whether no coupling was…