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GLEESON v. VIRGINIA MIDLAND R'D CO.

No. 287.

140 U.S. 435 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 859

35 L.Ed. 458

GLEESON, v. VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Guion Miller (with whom was Mr. Isaac H. Ford on the brief) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Linden Kent for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, having made the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

It will be most convenient in the decision of this case to consider the third instruction first. The objections made to it are three:

(1.) "It assumes that the accident was caused by an act of God, in the sense in which that term is technically used." It appears that the accident was caused by a land slide, which occurred in...

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