Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1903

Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.

Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided November 9, 1903 · Brown, Dean, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Potter
207 Pa. 198; 56 A. 417; 1903 Pa. LEXIS 469

Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per. Curiam,

Whether the act of congress of March 2, 1893 (27 U. S. Stat. at Large, 531), in regard to the use of automatic couplings on cars employed in interstate commerce, has any applicability at all in actions for negligence in the courts of Pennsylvania, is a question that does not arise in this case, and we therefore express no opinion upon it. The learned judge below sustained the nonsuit on the ground of the deceased’s contributory negligence and the judgment is affirmed on his opinion on that subject.

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