 Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.  Southern Reporter - Sida 821924Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Maurice Powell - 1891 - 936 sidor
...ACTION FOE NEGLIGENCE. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do ; and an action may be brought... | |
 | Montana. Supreme Court - 1891 - 736 sidor
...negligence. Negligence may be defined to be the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing oT something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do under the circumstances of a... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1892 - 802 sidor
...Baron Alderson : Definition " Negligence is the omission to do something which a °f ne»lireasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do " (h). It was not necessary for him to state, (A) Blyth v. Birmingham Water- Brett J. in Smith v. L.... | |
 | Samuel Maxwell - 1892 - 932 sidor
...injured.1 Negligence has been defined as " the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do."2 Sufficient allegation. A petition, which sets forth acts of negligence on the part of the defendant,... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1892 - 718 sidor
...been defined by a high authority to be "the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do." In a case like this, where it appears that both parties were equally honest in their respective views... | |
 | William Fuller Alves Boys - 1893 - 484 sidor
...the case of driving must depend greatly upon the circumstances of each particular case.2 Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. Negligence includes two questions : (1) Whether a particular act has been performed or omitted; (2)... | |
 | 1893 - 922 sidor
...property done or caused bv the running of trains in this state. ' Mansf. Ark. Dig. S 5Г>37. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. liti/tfi v. 'Birming/Htiii Watertrork» Co. 11 Excb. 784. See Baltimore & PB Co. v. .lone», 95 US... | |
 | Albert Parsons - 1893 - 244 sidor
...Alderson in the case of definition. . . „ AWerson's Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co. (a), viz:—"The omission to do Something which a reasonable man, guided...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." by wile's j Willes, J. has defined negligence as being " the absence of care according to the circumstances,"... | |
 | Charles Andrew Ray - 1893 - 914 sidor
...other person suffers injury.1 It is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.' The basis of liability in negligence cases is the violation of some legal duty to exercise care.' Although... | |
 | 1893 - 1042 sidor
...words, it is the omission to do something, or the doing of something, which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do or omit to do under like circumstances. To carry a case to the jury, the evidence on the part of the plaintiff... | |
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