Pollard v. Gammon

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

Irrespective of whether the evidence is sufficient to authorize a finding that the railroad company had, in respect to an alleged defective coupler, been guilty of a failure to comply with the Federal safety-appliance act, and irrespective of whether the evidence authorized a finding that the defendant had failed to comply with the requirements thereof, the evidence authorized a finding for the plaintiff upon other alleged grounds of negligence.

It is contended by the defendant that the plaintiff was on the car, which had been kicked back and which had…