Gulf, C. &. S. F. Ry. Co. v. Locker

Appellee sued appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while engaged in the performance of his duties incident to the coupling of cars for appellant. Appellee, a brakeman on a freight train in the employ of appellant, engaged at the time of his injuries in handling interstate commerce, alleged that the appellant had failed to equip the ears he was handling with couplers coupling automatically by impact, in consequence of which he was injured, and that the appellant, at the time of the injury, was hauling and using the said cars not so equipped with…