 The proximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred.  Harvard Law Review - Page 5441902Full view - About this book
 | James Newton Fiero - Pleading - 1903 - 922 pages
...without its operation it would not have happened; and it is said that the proximate cause of the event is that which in a natural and continuous sequence unbroken by any new causes produces that event, and without it that event would not have occurred; that the act of one... | |
 | William Weeks Morrill - Electric utilities - 1904 - 1032 pages
...that appellant's negligence was not the proximate cause of the injuries sustained by the appellee. " The proximate cause of an event must be understood...independent cause, produces that event, and without which the event would not have occurred." Shear. & K. Neg., 5th ed., sec. 26. " Where there is negligence,... | |
 | William Weeks Morrill - Electric utilities - 1904 - 1032 pages
...that appellant's negligence was not the proximate cause of the injuries sustained by the appellee. " The proximate cause of an event must be understood...independent cause, produces that event, and without which the event would not have occurred." Shear. & R Neg., 5th ed., sec. 26. " Where there is negligence,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1266 pages
...contributed to by his negligence, the judgment should be affirmed. The proximate cause of an event Is that which, in a natural and continuous sequence,...independent cause, produces that event, and without which the event would not have occurred. Shear. & Redf. Neg. (5th Ed.) § 26; Wehner т. Lagerfeit (Tex.... | |
 | J. C. Wells, Edward Warren Hines, Frank L. Wells, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, William Jefferson Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, William Pope Duvall Bush, Finlay Ferguson Bush, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert.. McBeath - Law - 1905 - 1420 pages
...the defendant's negligence mny be in no sense a cause of the Injury. ' ' In section 2 i it is said: "The proximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which, in a natural and continual sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause, produces that event, and without which... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 816 pages
...and not the remote cause. We think the proximate cause which leads to a result must be regarded and understood to be that which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new or other cause, produces the result. 3. If it be conceded that the facts show that appellant was negligent... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1020 pages
...happened." Thomp. Neg. 1153; Sheurm. & Redf. Neg. 24. The proximate cause of an event must be understood lo be that which in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new cause, produces the event and without which the event would not have occurred. Shearm. & Redf. Neg.... | |
 | Texas. Court of Civil Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 778 pages
...plaintiff's mental suffering and impairment of health? If his suffering and impaired health were not produced in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, by such negligence, it can not be deemed the proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries. In order to hold... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 838 pages
...cause of the damage to plaintiff; and as stated by Shearman and Redfield on Negligence, section 26: "The proximate cause of an event must be understood...natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred." This rule is sought... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1094 pages
...is brought must be not only the cause but the proximate cause of the damage to the plaintiff. * * * The proximate cause of an event must be understood...which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken l>y any new cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred.' " "... | |
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