. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad, wasinjured by the breaking of a faulty coup-ling pin, and sued the road for |io,ooodamages. The District Court of Illinoisgave judgment in favor of the plaintiff,but it was appealed to the U. S. CircuitCourt of Appeals by the railroad company,the contention being that the pin was on aforeign car, and, therefore, the road suedwas not responsible. The Court of .Ap-peals sustained the ruling of the court be-low, and held that the inspector of the roadought to have known
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad, wasinjured by the breaking of a faulty coup-ling pin, and sued the road for |io,ooodamages. The District Court of Illinoisgave judgment in favor of the plaintiff,but it was appealed to the U. S. CircuitCourt of Appeals by the railroad company,the contention being that the pin was on aforeign car, and, therefore, the road suedwas not responsible. The Court of .Ap-peals sustained the ruling of the court be-low, and held that the inspector of the roadought to have known that the pin whichcaused the accident was fault}-. From thisdecision, it will be understood that a rail-road company has no excuse for accidentshappening to its emploj^s through de-fects of foreign cars. They are as muchresponsible for the safe condition of foreigncars as the}- are of their own.
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