St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Bounds

WII.LSON, O. J.

(dissenting). I do not agree that the testimony Judge HODGES refers to in the opinion disposing of the appeal did not warrant the finding of the jury that the tender of the engine and the B. & O. car were not equipped with the kind of couplers specified in the federal Safety Appliance Statute, and therefore I do not agree that the judgment should be reversed as the other members of the court have determined it should be. (My dissent from the conclusion reached by the majority is partly based on what I understand to be the meaning of the statute as determined in Railway Co. v.…