Chicago, M. St. P. & Pac. R. v. Goldhammer

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered after verdict in a suit brought by appellee as plaintiff to recover damages for personal injury.

Plaintiff bases recovery upon a violation by appellant, defendant below, of the Safety Appliance Acts (Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531; amendatory Act, March 2, 1903, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943; amendatory Act, April 14, 1910, c. 160, 36 Stat. 298, 45 USCA § 1 et seq.).

The facts surrounding the accident are largely undisputed.

Plaintiff, an _ experienced switchman, was at the time of the accident in the employ of defendant in its…