Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. Allen

A. G. Allen brought suit for damages against the Raleigh & Gaston and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Companies, alleging substantially as follows: In February, 1896, plaintiff was a car-coupler, engaged in the service of the defendants. While engaged in the act of coupling two of defendants’. cars, he had set the pin against the deadwood, but the pin would not drop in when the cars went together, and he thereupon gave the engineer the stop signal, which meant that he should remain still until he got further notice. Plaintiff went in to put the pin down and adjust it, and at that time the cars…