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BALTIMORE & OHIO & c. RAILWAY v. VOIGT

No. 88.

176 U.S. 498 (1900)

20 S.Ct. 385

44 L.Ed. 560

BALTIMORE & OHIO SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. VOIGT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Colston for plaintiff in error. Mr. Judson Harmon, Mr. A.W. Goldsmith and Mr. George Hoadly, Jr., were on his brief.

Mr. Charles M. Cist for defendant in error. Mr. Edgar W. Cist was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question we are asked to answer is, whether William Voigt, the defendant in error, can avoid his agreement that the railroad company should not be responsible to him for injuries received while occupying an express car as a messenger, in the manner and circumstances heretofore stated, by invoking that principle of public policy which has been...

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