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 - 1901 - 972 pages
...natural and probable consequence of the negligence, ; such a consequence as, under the Em-rounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to How from his acts. Hong v. Lake Shore <& MSR Co. 85 Pa. 2ПЗ, 27 Am. Rep. 653; Patterson, RailwayAccident... | |
| Floyd Russell Mechem - Damages - 1902 - 788 pages
...injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, — such a consequence as * * * might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his act. " The three leading cases above referred to, though frequently cited on opposite sides of the same... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1068 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 v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 139, Colt, J., said: "The Injury must be the direct result of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1040 pages
...natural arc! probable consequence of the negligence : such a consequence as, under the surround ing circumstances of the case, might and ought to have...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." In Lane v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 139, Colt, J., said: ''The injury must be the direct result of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1152 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 of the case, might and ought to have been fort-seen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act" In Lane v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 130.... | |
| John Milton Gardner, Walter James Eagle - Employers' liability - 1903 - 798 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 of the case might and ought to have been seen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act. The company had a right to ring the gong, but... | |
| Edgar Benton Kinkead - Torts - 1903 - 906 pages
...the succesr sion of events, such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act; such as, according to common experience and the usual course of events, might reasonably have been... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1004 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...foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his acts. Hoag v. Lake Shore Л MSR Со. 85 Pa. 293, 27 Am. Rep. 653; Patterson, Railway Accident Law,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1016 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...and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer, and likely to flow from his ac». " Weit Mahanoy Tap. v. Walton, 112 Pa. 574, 56 Am. Rep. 336. To the... | |
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