Southern Railway Co. v. Crockett
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TENNESSEE. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the provisions of the Safety Appliance Acts and of the Employers’ Liability Act, are stated in the opinion. The Safety Appliance Act did not require a draw-bar thirty-one and one-half inches high. A switch-engine is not a freight car. The words “all cars” in § 2 are not applicable to height of draw-bars.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TENNESSEE. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the provisions of the Safety Appliance Acts and of the Employers’ Liability Act, are stated in the opinion. The Safety Appliance Act did not require a draw-bar thirty-one and one-half inches high. A switch-engine is not a freight car. The words “all cars” in § 2 are not applicable to height of draw-bars. The effect of the act of 1893, and the effect of the amendment of 1903 were misconceived by the Circuit Court of Appeals. The defendant in error assumed the risk: such was the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
Crockett, the defendant in error, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Knox County, Tennessee, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the Railway Company. The action was based .upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, in connection with the Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531, and the amendments of 1896 and 1903, c. 87, 29 Stat. 85; c. 976, 32 Stat. 943. He recovered a judgment in the trial court, which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. A petition for a writ of…
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