Stewart v. Southern Railway Co.

This action was brought by the administratrix of Stewart’s estate to recover for his death in consequence of a violation of the Safety Appliance Act.1 The crew of which the intestate was a member was engaged in coupling freight cars. Stewart was on the engineer’s side of the train. He gave a back-up signal with which the engineer complied and then a stop signal which was obeyed. The engineer saw him go between the ends of the last car of the train and the car that was to be coupled to it. While the train was stationary, this car drifted into collision with the end car of the train. Persons…