St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. Bounds

(after stating the facts as above).

The propositions of appellant present the point that the evidence speaks unequivocally of the lack of any substantial evidence upon which to found a legal liability to appellee, ■either (1) in any infraction of the Safety Appliance Act, or (2) in any negligence on the part of rear brakeman Hart.

We are of the opinion that the second ground mentioned above should be sustained. A judgment thereon is not and cannot be legally predicated in favor of appellee. The couplers failed to firmly hold at the first effort at coupling, and the effect of the disunion of the…