Ausley v. American Tobacco Co.

Douglas, J.,

concurring.

I concur in the result only, because I doubt whether there was evidence of negligence to go to the jury; but I can not agree that the Court can, under any circumstances, find, or direct the jury to find, the fact of assumption of risk, which has repeatedly been held by this Court to be an affirmative defense in the nature of confession and avoidance. Neither can I fully approve of Crutchfield’s case.