 In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the...  Atlantic Reporter - Page 3021901Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Henry Beale - Liability (Law) - 1915 - 844 pages
...that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." In Lane v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 139, Colt, J., said: "The injury must be the direct result of... | |
 | Joseph Henry Beale - Liability (Law) - 1915 - 844 pages
...probable consequence of the negligence, — such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." As concerns the situation of plaintiff at the time of his injury, and the relation of that fact to... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1360 pages
...negligence ; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstancfis of the case, might and oupht to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.' In Lane v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 139, Colt, J.. said: 'The injury must be the direct result of... | |
 | Zechariah Chafee (Jr.) - Negotiable instruments - 1919 - 128 pages
...that the injury must be the natural and probable consequences of the negligence; such a consequence, as under the surrounding circumstances of the case might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrong doer as likely to flow from his act." Hoag v. RR Co., supra; Pass. Ry. Co. v. Trich, 117 Pa.... | |
 | Charles K. Morganroth - Law - 1920 - 472 pages
...rule: -The injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case...and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer, and likely to flow from his act: Hoag v. RR Co., 85 Pa. 293; Yoders v. Amwell Twp., 172 Pa. 447; Bitting... | |
 | Joseph Wesley Thompson - Mining law - 1920 - 1274 pages
...be the natural and probable consequences of the breaking and escaping of the oil, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case might and ought to have been foreseen by the pipe-line company as likely to flow from the breakage of the line. Chester National Bank v. Southern... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Mines - Mines and mineral resources - 1920 - 1282 pages
...be the natural and probable consequences of the breaking and escaping of the oil, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case might and ought to have been foreseen by the pipe-line company as likely to flow from the breakage of the line. Chester National Bank v. Southern... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - Neurology - 1905 - 570 pages
...the proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence, as under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been seen by the wrong- doer as likely to flow from his act, etc. Tested by this rule we regard the injury... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 904 pages
...the proximate cause, the true rule is that the Injury must be the natural and probable consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been seen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act. The true Inquiry is, whether the Injury sustained... | |
 | Ralph Stanley Bauer - Damages - 1923 - 792 pages
...that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, such a consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." It was laid down by Lord Ellenborough in 1807 in Vicars v. Wilcocks, 8 East 1, 103 Eng. Repr. 244,... | |
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