| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1076 pages
...quote the words of Justice Seldon, in Hamilton v. McPherson, ''imposes upon a party subjected to injury the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible." But the rule requires such exertions only as are reasonable. This is illustrated by two cases in the... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 716 pages
...Damages, says (sec. 88) : "The law imposes upon a party injured from another's breach of contract or tort the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. If by his negligence or willfulness he allows the damages to be unnecessarily enhanced, the increased... | |
| Law - 1885 - 550 pages
...damages, the law in some cases imposes upon a party injured from another's breach of contract or tort, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Where this duty exists, the labor or expense which its performance involves is chargeable to the party... | |
| Law - 1873 - 532 pages
...Damages for breach. —The law imposes on a party subject to injury from u breach of contract by another, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as slight as possible. And if the injured party, through negligence or willfulness, allows the damages... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals, Erasmus Peshine Smith, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 704 pages
...it was held by SELDEN, J., delivering the opinion of this court, that " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party, subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest... | |
| Austin Abbott - Civil procedure - 1873 - 588 pages
...possible. The court of appeals, in Hamilton «. McPherson, 28 NY, 76, says, " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as, light as possible. Public interest... | |
| Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 738 pages
...Hadley vs. Baxendale, yet if through neglect of the duty which the law imposes on the injured party of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible, the damages are unnecessarily enlarged, the increased loss falls on him. Hamilton vs. McPherson, 28... | |
| Isaac Edwards - Bailments - 1878 - 738 pages
...The law for wise reasons, also imposes upon the party subjected to injury from a breach of contract the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest and sound morality accord with the law in demanding this ; and when the injured party,... | |
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