Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co. v. Lindsay
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; George A. Carpenter, Judge. Action at law by George Lindsay against the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Defendant in error, herein called plaintiff, was a switchman on defendant’s railroad.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; George A. Carpenter, Judge. Action at law by George Lindsay against the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Defendant in error, herein called plaintiff, was a switchman on defendant’s railroad. On the night of September 21, 1908, he was severely injured by having his hand and arm caught and crushed while trying to lock the coupler between two freight cars; amputation of the arm near the shoulder being found necessary. Suit was…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] 1. The declaration is sufficient, if it brings the case within the provisions of the Safety Appliance and Employers’ Liability Acts above stated and otherwise states a cause of action. It pleads, in both counts, that defendant was an interstate carrier, engaged in interstate commerce at the time of the injury, and that plaintiff was employed in such commerce. In addition it is stated in the first count that the automatic coupler, owing to its improper construction and defective and inoperative condition of repair, could not be coupled from the side of…
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