 | Law - 1892 - 554 pages
...cited for the defendant, Mr. Justice Strong said: " The true rule is that what is the proximate canse 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 attending." The... | |
 | 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
...is," said the Supreme Court of the United States, in Railway Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 469, 24 L. Ed. 256, "that what is the proximate cause of an injury is...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... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - Fire insurance - 1886 - 682 pages
...; Hi99ins v. Dewey, 107 id. 494 ; Tent v. The Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad Co., 49 I11. 340. The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for U,e jury. It is not a question of science or of le9al knowled9e. R is to be determined as a fact, in... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2026 pages
...declared by Mr. Justice Strong in Milwaukee, etc., Ry. Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 469, 474, 24 L. Ed. 256: "The true rule is that what Is the proximate cause...question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal know-lodge. It Is to be determined as a fact, in view of the circumstances of fact attending... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1112 pages
...relies upon it. 9. SAME— PROXIMATE CAUSE— EXISTENCE OF EVIDENCE— DIRKCTING VERDICT. The question, what is the proximate cause of an injury? is ordinarily a question for the jury. But the burden is always on the plaintiff, in an action for personal injury, to show that the negligence... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 2084 pages
...Judge. JENKINS, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts). Without doubt, whether a given act or omission is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for a jury. Railway Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 46Í). This, however, is subject to the well-settled rule that... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1150 pages
...decisions were made. And certainly they are in conflict with numerous other decided cases. » * » The true rule is that what is the proximate cause...question for the Jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to be determined ая a fact, In view of the circumstances of fact attending... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1164 pages
...cause" Is defined in Milwaukee & St. PR Co. v. Kellogg. 94 US 4G9, 24 L. Ed. 256, and the court said: "The true rule is that what is the proximate cause...an injury is ordinarily a question for the Jury." Measuring the facts as disclosed by the record In this case by the rules of law above referred to,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1236 pages
...38 SB !)5S ; Southern Railway Co. v. Hobbs, 118 Ga. 227, 45 SE 23, 63 LRA 68. It, 11] The question, what is the proximate cause of an injury, is ordinarily a question for the Jury; but the burden is always on the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries, to show that the negligence... | |
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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. 
