Wardlaw v. California Railway Co.

Citations

• 5 Cal. Unrep. 225
• 42 P. 1075
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 1150

Syllabus

<p>Carriers—Injury to Passenger in Boarding Car.—Where a passenger goes on the side of a platform car opposite the platform, and not at the place arranged to receive passengers, and attempts to climb on the train from between the cars, and in so doing places his foot on the bumper, where it was injured by the engine moving up to couple the train, he is guilty of contributory negligence, and cannot reeover.1</p> <p>Negligence—When a Question for Court.—Where the facts are undisputed and the inference of negligence is irresistible, the question is one of law for the court.</p>