Newton v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway

1. There was some evidence to support one of the allegations of negligence in the plaintiff’s petition, to the effect that the defendant, knowing that the deceased had fallen into the river and was under the boat, held the boat stationary over the point where he had fallen until after he was drowned, making no effort to render hiin assistance or to save his life. Consequently, it was error to charge the jury that “There can, in no event, be a recovery against the defendant if the plaintiff, or any one in whose right the plaintiff sues, caused the injury by his own negligence, or consented to…