 | Law - 1888 - 556 pages
...as follows : "In determining what is proximate canse, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence,...foreseen by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his sot." Applying this rule to the facts of the present case, can it be said that the injury of Mrs. Trich... | |
 | Law - 1879 - 540 pages
...the question of proximity was one of fact for the jury, who must determine whether the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence;...in its pathway? There is no error in the answer to defendants' fourth point; besides, in the general charge on this matter, the court called attention... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 644 pages
...not the natural and probable consequence of the breaking of this guy rope lying upon the track — such a consequence, as, under the surrounding circumstances...case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the agents of the railroad company as likely to flow from their act. Even if the employees of the company... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 642 pages
...in many cases: "In determining what is proximate cause the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence;...under the surrounding circumstances of the case might have been foreseen by the wrong doer as likely to flow from his act": Hoag v. RR Co., 85 Pa. 293; Pass.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 634 pages
...proximate cause of an accident. The general rule applicable to such cases is, " That the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence : such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstance of the case, might and ought to have been seen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from... | |
 | Law - 1878 - 560 pages
...Hope, supra, that in determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is, that the injury must be the natural [and probable consequence of the negligence,...by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his act. This is not a limitation of the maxim causa proximo, non remota spectator; it only affects its application.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 692 pages
...224. 2. The damage, was it proximate or remote? To render the defendant liable, the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence,...under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might or <">ught to have been foreseen by the wrong-doer as likely to result from his act. But where a fire... | |
 | Law - 1879 - 582 pages
...must determine whether the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence — euch a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances...than that it would run before the wind and consume properly in its pathway? There is no error in the answer to the defendant's fourth point; besides,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1124 pages
...Railroad Co., 85 Pa. 293, 27 Am. Rep. 653, it is said : "The true rule Is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence...been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from the act." In the light of these and other authorities, and the undisputed evidence in these cases,... | |
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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 foreseen by the... 
