But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful... The American and English Encyclopedia of Law - Page 434edited by - 1891Full view - About this book
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 804 pages
...term as follows : " It is admitted that the rule is difficult of application. But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence,...consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances. * * * We do not say that even... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 688 pages
...the occurrence must be classed as an accident for which there can be no recovery. Within this rule, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or...consequence of the negligence or wrongful act and that it ought to have been foreseen' in the light of the attending circumstances." (4 RCL 1141.) If a carrier... | |
| Law - 1890 - 542 pages
...and the injury? It is admitted that the rule is difficult of application. But it is generally held, that in order to warrant a finding that negligence,...act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate canse of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the... | |
| Law - 1886 - 548 pages
...legal knowledge, but of fact for the jury to determine, in view of the accompanying circumstances." "A finding that negligence, or an act not amounting...wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, is uot warranted unless it appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence... | |
| Law - 1916 - 502 pages
...ensued."1 It is generally held, as stated in the wellknown case of Milwaukee & St. P. Ry. v. Kellogg.2 that "in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of the injury, it must appear that the injury was... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 604 pages
...new and independent cause intervening between the wrong and the injury? . . . It is generally held that in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to a wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of the injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural... | |
| Law - 1878 - 442 pages
...and the injury ? It is admitted that the rule is difficult of application. But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence...consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances. These circumstances, in a... | |
| Horace Gay Wood - Fire insurance - 1886 - 682 pages
...wrong and the injury ? It is admitted the rule is difficult of application. But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding, that negligence,...consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances. These circumstances, in a... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 680 pages
...not be considered an exposure to the other in fixing the rate of insurance, is inadmissible. Id. 14 In order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to a wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2038 pages
...Co., 105 US 249, 26 L. Ed. 1070, Justice Miller says: "To warrant a finding that negligence * * * la the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that...natural and probable consequence of the negligence, * » • an(j that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances." In... | |
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