Great Northern Railway Co. v. Otos

Citations

• 239 U.S. 349
• 36 S. Ct. 124
• 60 L. Ed. 322
• 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1452

Syllabus

<p>A car, coming from another State, which is merely delayed, in the State of destination before reaching, and which does finally reach, its destination, is not, by reason of such delay, withdrawn from interstate commerce and the operation of the Safety Appliance Act.</p> <p>While the supplementary Safety Appliance Act of 1910 relieves the carrier from statutory penalties while hauling the defective car to tne nearest available point for repair, it does not relieve the carrier from liability for injury to an employé in connection with such hauling.</p> <p>Under the circumstances involved in this action under the Employers? Liability Act, the trial court did not err in charging that if the injuries were directly due to defective condition under the Safety Appliance Act of couplers of a car which had come from'without the State to the point where the accident occurred, and which was destined to another point within the State, the defendant carrier would' be liable.</p>