Show LOWER COURT REVERSED safety appliance laws indorsed by court of appeals st louis two swe sweeping ebing opinions noteworthy in that the decisions of the lower courts were reversed in full fall in each instance were handed down by the united states court of appeals here on monday sustaining the post flon of the government against the railroads in the matter of safety ap aliance law of congress the cases decided were those of the government against the atchison topeka santa 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 go vernea 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 rules |