Truesdale v. Wheelock

* NOTE: Opinion filed at May Term, 1934, June 12, 1934; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled July 17, 1934; motion to transfer to Court en Banc filed; motion overruled at September Term, September 18, 1934. This case, coming recently to the writer, is an action under the Federal Safety Appliance Act (U.S.C.A., Title 45, secs. 1-16 and 51-59) brought by the administratrix of the estate of William May, deceased, for damages for his death while employed by defendants as a switchman. It was submitted solely upon a violation of Section 2 of the act with reference to couplers. Plaintiff had…