South Dakota Supreme Court January 10, 1900 (Olson v. Burlington, C. R. & N. Railroad)

Fuller, P. J.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a motion for a new trial in an action where respondent, a brakeman, recovered $250 damages on account of an injury to his finger caused, it is claimed, by the negligence of appellant in using a defective coupler, or appliance forming a part thereof, attached to one of its engines.