Kasper v. Kansas City, Leavenworth & Western Railway Co.

*268The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by a motorman against an interurban railway company for injuries sustained because of an alleged defective brake equipment on the defendant’s car operated by plaintiff. The action was brought under the federal safety-appliance act and under the federal employer’s liability act; and it is defendant’s contention that the defendant was not engaged in interstate commerce, and consequently that neither of these acts had anything to do with the rights, and liabilities of the litigants in the matter in controversy.

The defendant…