Tennessee, A. & G. R. v. Drake
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
[n Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; Samuel H. Sibley, Judge. Action at law by W. M. Drake against the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant in error, herein called plaintiff, sued plaintiff in error, herein called defendant, to recover damages for personal injury to himself. Plaintiff was an employee of defendant and at the time of his injury was engaged in making a coupling of two cars on a side track.
The petition is based upon the Safety Appliance Act, 27 Statutes at Large, 531 (Comp. St. §§ 8605-8612), in that the cars failed to couple automatically by impact, and also upon the Employers’ Liability Act, 35 Statutes at Large, 65 (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665), in that the engineer, knowing the plaintiff…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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