Blind

See Reading. A blind man may make a contract or a will. The handwriting of an attesting witness who has become blind may be proved as if he were dead — he being first produced and examined, if within the jurisdiction.* Whether it is negligence for a blind man to travel upon a highway on foot, unattended, is a question for a jury." ' Commonwealth v. Kneeland, 20 Pick. 213, 220 (1838), Shaw, C. J. 2 3 Greenl.

Ev. § 164. ' Eegina v. Eamsay and Foote, 48 L. T. 734^0 (1883), cases, Coleridge, C. J., quoting Starkie. See Bradlaugh's Case, 4 Cr. Law Mag. 692 (1883); 17 Cent. Law J. 38 (1883) — Law Times (Eng.). ■■ Georgetown, &c. E. Co. v. Eagles, 9 Col. 544 (1886), cases.

Eagles recovered damages for direct injury done to the roofs of houses from' falling debris, and for loss of rents. »1 Starkie, Ev. § 341; 1 Greenl.

Ev. §§ 365-67; 1 Whart. Ev. § 401.