 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1907 - 988 pages
...Va. 180, 16 SE 457. In Danville R., etc., Co. v. Hodnett, 101 Va. 361, 43 SE 606, 609, it is said: " 'The proximate cause is the efficient cause — the...that necessarily sets the other causes in operation.' Insurance Co. v. Boon, 95 US 117, 24 L. Ed. 395." Proximate Damages. See the title DAMAGES, vol. 4,... | |
 | George Ansel Clement - 1905 - 770 pages
...other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or a controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the responsible ones, though they may bo nearer in time to the result. It is only when the causes are independent of each other that the... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1906 - 800 pages
...recover whatever their loss might be, of which the defendant's wrongful acts were the efficient cause. "The proximate cause is the efficient cause; the one that necessarily sets the other causes in opsration." . Insurance Co. v. Boon, 95 US 130.) "That which is the actual cause of the loss, whether... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - 1907 - 842 pages
...resulted, for it was the impact of the car against the bumping-post that produced the injurious result. The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other in motion. Pennsylvania Co. v. Congdon (1893), 134 Ind. 226. In determining the proximate cause the... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1909 - 1226 pages
...to support an action." In the case of Aetna Ins. Co. v. Boon, 95 US 117, 24 L. ed. 395, it is said: "The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one...not the proximate causes and the responsible ones." In the case of Milwaukee & St. P. Ry. Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 469, 24 L. ed. 256, the court says: 841... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1909 - 1210 pages
...cause of death in order to give a right of action therefor: See 13 Cyc. 319, and cases there cited. The proximate cause is the efficient cause — the...instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not proximate causes and the responsible ones, though they may be nearer in time to the result: Aetna Fire... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Arthur Remington, Solon Dickerson Williams - 1909 - 850 pages
...or omission which immediately causes the injury. It need not be the sole cause; it is enough if it is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. "It is well settled that the mere fact that there have been intervening causes between the defendant's... | |
 | Charles Erehart Chadman - 1912 - 796 pages
...reasonably to be expected will be regarded, although it may be considerably removed."3 Again it is said : "The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one...causes that are merely incidental, or instruments of the superior or controlling agency, are not proximate causes, are not the responsible ones, though... | |
 | United States. Solicitor of the Dept. of Commerce and Labor - 1912 - 662 pages
...the sting. (See Omberg r. US Mutual Ace. Ass'n.. 101 Ivy.. 303.) Or, as said by Mr. Justice Strong, "the proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one...that necessarily sets the other causes in operation." It is not understood how sepsis could have resulted from merely taking part in the parade. As was said... | |
 | 1913 - 1050 pages
...falling into the possession of the rebel forces, was excepted from the risk undertaken by the insurers. The proximate cause is the efficient cause; the one...that necessarily sets the other causes in operation." [3] It does not follow, however, because defendant in this case had, upon its premises and under its... | |
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The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes »nd the responsible ones, though... 
