 In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the...  The South Western Reporter - Page 71920Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 648 pages
...cause, the true rule is, that the injury must be the natural and porbable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case might and ought to be foreseen by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his act: Hoag v. The Railroad Co., 85 Pa. 293;... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 734 pages
...cause, the true rule is, that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." In C., St. PM & ORR v. Elliott, supra, the court say: "An injury that is the natural and probable consequence... | |
 | Law - 1898 - 492 pages
...cause the true rule that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case might have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act:" Hoag v. RB Co., 85 Pa. 293; Pass.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 968 pages
...cause, the rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence — such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." West Mahoney v. Watson, 112 Pa., 574. When two causes combine to produce an injury to a traveller on... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 884 pages
...The true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence — such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." The question in this case then is, Was it the natural and probable consequence of the statement made... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 634 pages
...question? The rule is: "The injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, such a •consequence as under the surrounding circumstances...and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer, and likely to flow from his act:" Hoag v. RR Co., 85 Pa. 293; Voders v. Amwell Township, 172 Pa. 447;... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1030 pages
...safest rule, "that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence—such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances...might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer aa likely to follow from his act." It is said in Morrison v. Davis, 20 Pa. St. 171, 57 Am. Dec. 695:... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 902 pages
...should find that his injuries were the natural and probable consequence of the act of the conductor; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and should have been foreseen by the conductor as likely to flow from his act. It is said that these points... | |
 | Archibald Robinson Watson - Damages - 1901 - 1040 pages
..."the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence ; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act."* An action can be maintained only where there is shown to be, first, a misfeasance or negligence in... | |
 | Waterman Lester Williams - Municipal corporations - 1901 - 414 pages
...language of a recent case : 1 "The injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances...and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer, and likely to flow from his act. " It does not necessarily follow, however, that the defect must be... | |
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