Rodgers v. Central Pacific Railroad

Citations

• 67 Cal. 607
• 8 P. 377
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 706

Syllabus

<p>Bailboad—Death of Employee—Liability fob. — A railroad company is liable for the death of an employee caused by the falling of a bridge negligently constrncted and maintained by the company as a part of its road.</p> <p>Id.—Act of God. —If the falling of the bridge resulted from an act of God, the company is not liable unless its negligence was a contributing cause of the accident, and in order to charge the company in such a case, it must he guilty of negligence amounting to a want of ordinary care.</p> <p>Juey—Deceiving Evidence out of Coubt.—A jury is guilty of improper conduct in receiving evidence out of court.</p>