Fisher v. West Virginia & P. R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Established fads do not support charge of negligence. — 54 Am. and Eng. R. Cases, 640 and citations there given. II.— Where injury results from voluntary exposure to danger, no right of recovery. — Patterson’s R. Acc., 272 and 273; 2 Beach on Law of R. §§ 860, 993 and 977; Beach on Con. Neg. 149; 11 S. E. R. 187; 2 Wood, R. L. § 303; 18 Am. St. R. 544; Deering on Neg. 92; 78 Ya.
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I. — Established fads do not support charge of negligence. — 54 Am. and Eng. R. Cases, 640 and citations there given. II.— Where injury results from voluntary exposure to danger, no right of recovery. — Patterson’s R. Acc., 272 and 273; 2 Beach on Law of R. §§ 860, 993 and 977; Beach on Con. Neg. 149; 11 S. E. R. 187; 2 Wood, R. L. § 303; 18 Am. St. R. 544; Deering on Neg. 92; 78 Ya. R. 645; 35 W. Ya. 389; Schouler’s Bailments and Carriers, § 652, p. 707 note 3; Beach on Con. Neg. 286 and note 3; 59 Am. & Eng. R. Cases, 516; 2 Beach R. L. §§ 997, 988; 47 Am. & Eng. R. Cases', 580, 594 and…
1Opinion of the Court
English, Judge:
This case was before the Court in the year 1894. It was submitted on the 22d day of January, and decided on the 11th day of April in that year; being then reversed, the verdict set aside, and a new trial awarded the defendant. 39 W. Va. 366 (19 S. E. 578).
The action was brought on the 29th day of August, 1891, in the Circuit Court of Lewis county, by John H. Eisher, suing by his next friend, John 8. Eisher, to recover damages from the West Virginia & Pittsburg Railroad Company for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff by reason of his being allowed by…
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