Brinkmeier v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by Mason, J.:

On November 12, 1900, in or near the city of Hutchinson, Kan., Henry Brinkmeier, a brakeman in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, was injured while engaged ixi coupling cars. He sued the company, alleging that his injury was occasioned by various defects in the defendant’s equipment, and recovered a judgment, which was reversed by this court on two grounds; namely, 'that an instruction had been given relating to the federal safety-appliance act which was not in accordance with the interpretation which this court placed…