| Summary: | JACKSON v. CITY OF JAMESTOWN 601 163 Mass. 507, 47 Am. St. Rep. 473, 40 N. E. 849; Pierce v. Wilming ton, 2 Marv. (Del.) 306, 43 Atl. 162; Carswell v. Wilmington, 2 Marv. (Del.) 360, 43 Atl. 169; Wilkins v. Wilmington, 2 Marv. (Del.) 132, 42 Atl. 419; Fallon v. Boston, 3 Allen, 38; Butterfield v. Forrester, 11 East, 60, 10 Revised Rep. 433, 19 Eng. Rul. Cas. 189; Weinstein v. Terre Haute, 147 Ind. 556, 46 N. E. 1004, 2 Am. Neg. Rep. 331; Plymouth v. Milner, 117 Ind. 324, 20 N. E. 235; Cressy v. Postville, 50 Iowa, 62, 12 N. W. 757. One cannot so act or place himself in danger by lack of due care and attention and then, if injured, recover damages. He must prudent ly protect himself, and, failing to do so, he is chargeable with negli gence which will defeat a recovery. Lautenbacher v. Philadelphia, 217 Pa. 318, 66 Atl. 549; Jackson v. Kansas City, 106 Mo. App. 52, 79 S. W. 1174; Sickels v. Philadelphia, 209 Pa. 113, 58 Atl. 128; Shallcross v. Philadelphia, 187 Pa. 143, 40 Atl. 818; Robb v. Connells ville, 137 Pa. 42, 20 Atl. 564; 28 Cyc. 1426, and cases cited; Yahn v. Ottumwa, 60 Iowa, 429, 15 N. W. 257; Hausmann v. Madison, 85 Wis. 259, 21 L.R.A. 263, 30 Am. St. Rep. 834, 55 N. W. 167; Benton v. Philadelphia, 198 Pa. 396, 48 Atl. 267, 9 Am. Neg. Rep. 599; Sindlin ger v. Kansas City, 126 Mo. 315, 26 L.R.A. 723, 28 S. W. 857; Casey v. Malden, 163 Mass. 507, 47 Am. St. Rep. 473, 40 N. E. 849; 29 Cyc. 513, 515, and cases cited; Allinc v. Le Mars, 71 Iowa, 654, 33 N. W. 160; O’Laughlin v. Dubuque, 42 Iowa, 539; Bigelow, Torts, pp. 108, 112; Americus v. Johnson, 2 Ga. App. 378, 58 S. E. 518; Bender v. Minden, 124 Iowa, 685, 100 N. W. 352. The presence of other parties with whom plaintiff was talking and joking is not a diverting cause. Tuffree v. State Center, 57 Iowa, 538, 11 N. W. 1; Lechtenberger v. Meriden, 91 Iowa, 45, 58 N. W. 1058, 100 Iowa, 221, 69 N. W. 424; Stackhouse v. Vendig, 166 Pa. 182, 31 Atl. 349; Waterbury v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. 104 Iowa, 32, 73 N. W. 341; Munger v. Marshalltown, 56 Iowa, 216, 9 N. I/V. 192; Kewanee v. Depew, 80 Ill. 119; Moore v. Richmond, 85 Va. 538, 8 S. E. 387. The plaintifl"s inadvertence here was self-induced. He was “visit ing” and “talking” with friends. King v. Colon Twp. 125 Mich. 511, 84 N. W. 1077, 9 Am. Neg. Rep. 311; Tuffree v. State Center, 57
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