 | Waterman Lester Williams - 1901 - 414 pages
...bridge must be the proximate cause of the plaintiff>s injury. In the language of a recent case : 1 "The injury must be the natural and probable consequence...circumstances of the case might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer, and likely to flow from his act. " It does not necessarily follow, however,... | |
 | Archibald Robinson Watson - 1901 - 1040 pages
...the same effect. "In determining what is proximate cause" it has been said, "the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence...circumstances of the case might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act."* An action can be maintained only where... | |
 | 1901 - 972 pages
...R. Co. 124 NY 308, 20 N. E. 91Ü. In determining what is the proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence...the negligence, ; such a consequence as, under the Em-rounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely... | |
 | Floyd Russell Mechem - 1902 - 788 pages
...is again put somewhat more tersely by the present chief justice in Hoag v. Railroad Co., as follows: "The injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, — such a consequence as * * * might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his act. " The... | |
 | 1903 - 1068 pages
...Rep. 580, Mr. Justice Paxson said: "In determining what is approximate cause the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence...circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." In Lane v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 139,... | |
 | John Milton Gardner, Walter James Eagle - 1903 - 798 pages
...St. 315, Mr. Justice Paxson said : " In determining what is approximate cause the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence...circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." In Lane v. Atlantic Works, 11 1 Mass. 139,... | |
 | 1904 - 1082 pages
...Wancick v. Hutchinson, 45 NJL 61. In determining what is the proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence. Scale v. Gulf, C. & 8. FR Co. 65 Tex. 274, 57 Am. Rep. 602; Brandon v. Gulf City Cotton Press d Mfg.... | |
 | 1905 - 980 pages
...ÍI. SR Co. 85 Pa. 2Ü3, it was said: "In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is, that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence...circumstances of the case, might and ought to have >een ioro-een by the wrongdoer as likely to 'now from his act." In Chicago, St. PM & 0. R. Co. v. El4iott,... | |
 | 1905 - 454 pages
...authority of the cases there cited, says: "In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is, that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence...under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might or ought to have been foreseen by the wrong doer as likely to flow from his act." See, also, Passenger... | |
 | 1906 - 1236 pages
...NY 210, 91 Am. ]>ee. 49, Railroad Co. v. Reeves, 10 Wall. 176. 19 L. Ed. 909): such a coii'-eiiuence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flnw from his act The court in ,Tex v. Straus, 122 NY 301, 23... | |
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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 seen by the... 
