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- Title: St. Louis v. Taylor
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 18, 1908
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The defendant in error, as administratrix of George W. Taylor, brought, in the Circuit Court of the State of Arkansas, this action at law against the plaintiff in error, a corporation owning and operating a railroad. Damages were sought, for the benefit of Taylors widow and next of kin, on account of his injury and death in the course of his employment as brakeman in the service of the railroad. It was alleged in the complaint that Taylor, while attempting, in the discharge of his duty, to couple two cars was caught between them and killed. The right to recover for the death was based solely on the failure of the defendant to equip the two cars which were to be coupled with such draw bars as were required by the act of Congress known as the Safety Appliance Law. Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531. The defendants answer denied that the cars were improperly equipped with draw bars, and alleged that Taylors death was the result of his own negligence. At a trial before a jury upon the issues made by the
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