Suttle v. Choctaw, O. & G. R.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff’s intestate was a switchman in the employ of defendant railroad compan}'-, and was, on November 15, 1903, engaged in the performance of his duties in defendant’s yards in Booneville, Ark. He was directed to uncouple a caboose from a train of freight cars preparatory to switching it upon a side track. The east end of the caboose, and the west end of the box car to which it was coupled, were equipped with coupling devices, as required by Act Cong. March 2, 1893, c. 196, § 4, 27 Stat. 531 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3174] ; but at the time in question the- lever on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gilbert v. Burlington, C. R. & N. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Morris v. Duluth, S. S. & A. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
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