v. Schmitz, 211 Tih 446, 71 N. E. 1050.—Res ipsa loquitur. The thing speaks for itself. A phrase used in actions for injury by negligence where no proof of negligence is required beyond the accident §itself, which is such as necessarily to involve negligence: e.g., a collision between two trains uponarailway. Wharton. See Benedick v. Potts, 88 Md. 52, 40 Atl, 1067, 41 L. R. A. 478; Griffen v. Manice, 166 N. Y. 188, 59 N. E. 925, 52