MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action under the Safety Appliance Act and Employers' Liability Act. The plaintiff (defendant in error,) was a switch foreman and was breaking up a train that had come into his State from the west. At the moment when he was hurt he had three cars attached to a switching engine; the rear one consigned to Duluth, and to be switched to another track; the next consigned to Minneapolis; both loaded. The automatic...
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