Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Hafner's Adm'r

Citations

• 90 Va. 621
• 19 S.E. 166
• 1894 Va. LEXIS 31

Syllabus

<p>Eailroad Companies — Brakeman—Low bridge. — Such company is not liable for the death of a brakeman who was struck by the fourth sill of a dangerously low bridge after he had passed safely under the three first sills by stooping and lowering his head, when he had full knowledge of the dangerous character of the bridge, and the accident was due to his negligently raising his head too soon, his own negligence being the proximate cause of the injury.</p>