 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
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court, William Wilcox Cooke, Joseph Brown Heiskell, Jere Baxter, Benjamin James Lea, George Wesley Pickle, Charles Theodore Cates, Frank Marian Thompson, Charles Le Sueur Cornelius, Roy Hood Beeler - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 884 pages
...cause which could not have been reasonably anticipated by the defendant? Moody v. Gulf Refining Co. The general rule is that what is the proximate cause...the jury applying the law to the facts. But whether it will or will not be a question for the jury will depend on the facts of each case. Thus where the... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 726 pages
...person violating it. 2. PROXIMATE CAUSE — Quextion for the Jury — Whether an act of negligence is the proximate cause of an injury is a question for the jury. 3. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE — Of Parents.— The parents of an injured child were working people,... | |
 | Arizona. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 796 pages
...automatic couplers, required by the federal Safety Appliance Act (US Comp. Stats., J§ 8605-8612), was the proximate cause of an injury is a question for the jury. 9. NEGLIGENCE — PROXIMATE CAUSE DEFINED. — If injury follows negligence as a natural consequence,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1132 pages
...experience and observation?' PH & FM Roots Co. v. Meeker (1005) 105 Ind. 132 [73 NE 253]. '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 - 1877 - 592 pages
...v. Dcwey, 107 Mass. 494; Tent v. The Toledo, Peoría and Warsaw Railroad Co., 49 111. 849. 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 legal knowledge. It is to be... | |
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