Scheffer v. Washington City, V. M. & G. S. R.

12 F. 638
Supreme Court of the United States·Decided October 15, 1881·Published

Opinion

Mr. Justice Miller

delivered the opinion, affirming the judgment of the circuit court, to the effect that where the proximate cause of death was his own act of self-destruction, superinduced by mental aberration, physical suffering, and disease, the railroad company will not bo liable.

Cases cited: Insurance Co. v. Tweed, 7 Wall. 44; Milwaukee & St. P. R. Co. v. Kellogg, 94 U. S. 469; McDonald v. Snelling, 14 Allen, 294.

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Insurance Co. v. Tweed
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94 U.S. 469 (Supreme Court, 1877)