Deville v. Southern Pacific Railroad

Citations

• 50 Cal. 383

Syllabus

<p>Damages eob Intuby by Bajlboad.—The act of leaving a span of horses unhitched in close proximity to a railroad, at a time when the train usually comes along, is negligence, and if the owner afterwards, when the train arrives, and when the horses have moved to the track, attempts to rescue them, and is injured, he is guilty of additional negligence, which proximately contributes to his injury, and he cannot recover damages.</p>