 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
 | Joseph Henry Beale - Liability (Law) - 1915 - 820 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 Lane n. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 139, Colt, J., said: "The injury must be the direct result of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915
...Sutherland, Damages, 3d ed. § 16; 1 Shearm. & Redf. Neg. 4th ed. § 28; Fleming v. Beck, 48 Pa. 313; Uoag v. Lake Shore & MSR Co. 85 Pa. 293, 27 Am. Rep. 653; Morrison v. Davis, 20 Pa. 175, 67 Am. Dec. 695; Memphis & CR Co. v. Reeves, 10 Wall. 176, 19 L.... | |
 | Heman Gerald Chapin - Torts - 1917 - 695 pages
...v. King. 160 NY 618, 55 NE 401, 46 LRA 672, 73 Am. St. Rep. 715. Decisions to the contrary, such as Hoag v. Lake Shore & MSR Co., 85 Pa. 293, 27 Am. Rep. 653, and Marvin v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., 79 Wis. 140, 47 NW 1123, 11 LRA 506, are not to be... | |
 | Zechariah Chafee (Jr.) - Negotiable instruments - 1919 - 106 pages
...cause the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequences of the negligence; such a consequence, as under the surrounding circumstances...case might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrong doer as likely to flow from his act." Hoag v. RR Co., supra; Pass. Ry. Co. v. Trich, 117 Pa.... | |
 | Charles K. Morganroth - Law - 1920
...Rice thus stated the rule: -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; Yoders v. Amwell Twp., 172 Pa. 447; Bitting... | |
 | Mines and mineral resources - 1920
...that the injury must be the natural and probable consequences of the breaking and escaping of the oil, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances...case might and ought to have been foreseen by the pipe-line company as likely to flow from the breakage of the line. Chester National Bank v. Southern... | |
 | Joseph Wesley Thompson - Mining law - 1920 - 1221 pages
...that the injury must be the natural and probable consequences of the breaking and escaping of the oil, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances...case might and ought to have been foreseen by the pipe-line company as likely to flow from the breakage of the line. Chester National Bank v. Southern... | |
 | Law - 1920
...determining what is the proximate cause, the true rule is that the Injury must be the natural and probable consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been seen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act. The true Inquiry is, whether the Injury sustained... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - Neurology - 1905
...determining what is the proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence, as under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been seen by the wrong- doer as likely to flow from his act, etc. Tested by this rule we regard the injury... | |
 | Ralph Stanley Bauer - Damages - 1923 - 763 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." It was laid down by Lord Ellenborough in 1807 in Vicars v. Wilcocks, 8 East 1, 103 Eng. Repr. 244,... | |
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