 The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact, in view of the circumstances of fact attending it.  The South Western Reporter - Page 71920Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1020 pages
...Kellogg, 94 US 469, 474, 476, Mr. Justice Strong, who delivered the opinion of the court, said: "The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. lt is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. * * * -ln... | |
 | Francis Marion Burdick - Torts - 1926 - 740 pages
...prepared to admit that they can." 55 Milwaukee, etc., Ry. v. Kellogg, 94 US 469, 474 (1876): "The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to... | |
 | Lyman P. Wilson - Torts - 1928 - 1130 pages
...Higgins v. Dewey, 107 Mass. 494 ; Tent v. The Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad Co., 49 111. 349. The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to... | |
 | Judson Adams Crane - Damages - 1928 - 536 pages
...injuries is usually one to be determined by a jury. As was said in Railway Co. v. Kellogg, supra, the true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily one for a jury. It is not a question of science or legal knowledge. It is to be determined... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 676 pages
...direction, it was said by Mr. Justice Strong, speaking for the Supreme Court of the United States: "The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question DC] Opinion of the Court. of science or of... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Charles Frederick Remy, George Washington Self, Philip Zoercher, William H. Adams, Mrs. Edward Franklin White, Emma Mary May - Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 818 pages
...Kellogg (1STC), 94 US 469, 24 L. Ed. 256, Mr. Justice Strong, speaking for the court, said: "The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1028 pages
...court in Railroad Co. т. Kellogg, 84 US 469, 24 L. Ed. 250, used the following language: "The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is iiot a question of science or of legal knowledge. * * * In... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 800 pages
...alleged intoxication was not the proximate cause of the death of the husband of appellee. Whether an act is the proximate cause of an injury is a question for the jury, upon the evidence, under appropriate instructions. It is, in other words, a mixed question of law and... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1206 pages
...224; Perley v. RRCo., 98 Mass., 414; UifffftM v. Dewey [mipra]; Fent v. RR Co., 59111., 349. The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1148 pages
...Perley v. RR Co., 98 Mass., 414 ; Biggins v. Dewey [supra] ; Fent v. RR Co., 59 111., 349. The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for tee jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to... | |
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