Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.
Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.
12 F. 638
Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion, affirming the judgment of the circuit court, to the effect that where the proximate cause of death was his own act of self-destruction, superinduced by mental aberration, physical suffering, and disease, the railroad company will not bo liable.
Cases cited: Insurance Co. v. Tweed, 7 Wall. 44; Milwaukee & St. P. R. Co. v. Kellogg, 94 U. S. 469; McDonald v. Snelling, 14 Allen, 294.
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