Railway Co. v. Mayes

24 S.W. 1076, 58 Ark. 397, 1894 Ark. LEXIS 108

• Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas
• Decided: January 27, 1894
• Status: Published

Opinion

Wood J.,

(after stating the facts). It is not negligence “per se ” to jump from a moving train. But where one, compos mentis, under no circumstances of emergency or constraint, takes “a leap in the dark” from a train moving at the rate shown in this case, his conduct is reckless and foolhardy. St. Louis, etc., R. Co. v. Rosenberry, 45 Ark. 256 ; Catlett v. Railway Company, 57 Ark. 461.

The learned circuit judge, upon appellee’s own statement and the undisputed facts, might very properly have directed a verdict for appellant.

Reversed and dismissed.