Montgomery v. Carolina & N. W. Railroad

Tbis is an action for wrongful death, caused by tbe negligence of tbe defendant., Tbe plaintiff alleges negligence in providing incompetent and untrustworthy coemployees and their failure to operate tbe train in a proper manner. But tbe negligence chiefly relied upon is in tbe failure to provide automatic couplers that were iu proper condition, and that those used on the car in question were so defective and out of order that they failed to couple automatically by impact, as required by law, so- that it became necessary for plaintiff’s intestate to go between the cars for the purpose of…