Brinkman v. Cuyahoga Lumber Co.

Citations

• 26 Ohio C.C. Dec. 484
• 16 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 537
• 1905 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 355

Syllabus

<p>NEGLIGENCE.</p> <p>Burden of Proof not on Plaintiff to Show Absence of Contributory Negligence.</p> <p>Contributory negligence is ordinarily a matter of defense and a charge “that before the plaintiff can recover he must show that he was not to blame himself and that his own negligence did not contribute to his injury” was error.</p>