Show LOWER COURT REVERSED Safety Appliance Laws Indorsed by Court of Appeals St. St Louis Two Two sweeping opinions noteworthy In that the decisions atthe of at the lower courts were reversed In full fulI fullIn fullIn In each Instance were handed down by the United States court of at appeals here on Monday sustaining the position position post tion of the government against the railroads In the matter of safety appliance appliance appliance ap ap- ap- ap law of at congress The cases decided were those of the government against the Atchison Topeka Santa SantaFe Fe railroad and of the government against the Denver Rio Grande Railway company By these decisions the court of appeals abrogates the common law rules of reasonable care that have heretofore governed 1 and behind which the railroads sought shelter and upholds In full the acts of congress which the opinions hold now totally supplant the common law I rules |