Steele v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVorE, J., Florence, November, 1914. Action by W. M. Steele against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and L. L. Crumpler. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The charge of the trial Judge, on assumption of risks, was as follows: Every one of these specifications of negligence alleges, I believe, that the appliances of the coupling were defective.
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Before DeVorE, J., Florence, November, 1914. Action by W. M. Steele against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and L. L. Crumpler. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The charge of the trial Judge, on assumption of risks, was as follows: Every one of these specifications of negligence alleges, I believe, that the appliances of the coupling were defective. It is the duty of the railroad company to furnish reasonably safe coupling for the employee to work with, such coupling as a person of ordinary reason- and prudence would…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
Plaintiff was injured while he and the defendant, Crumpler, were attempting to couple two passenger cars which were provided with automatic couplers. The coupler, which is alleged to have been defective and to have caused the injury, consists of a knuckle which is hinged in one side of the drawhead, and is closed in coupling by impact of the cars. On the back of the knuckle there is a projection, called the heel, and when the knuckle is closed, a piece of iron, called the lock, • slides, or is forced by some device, in front of the…
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