Supreme Court of the United States, 1881

Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.

Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 15, 1881 · Miller
12 F. 638

Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Miller

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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