 Negligence,' has been 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 doing something, which a prudent and reasonable man would not...  Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska - Page 323by Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1902Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 776 pages
...: " 'Negligence' is defined to be 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." While this request was not given... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 968 pages
...thus defined by Alderson, B., in Btyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d): — "Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." [Bramwell, B.— Suppose a person,... | |
 | Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 982 pages
...thus defined by Alderson, B., in Blyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d) : — " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." [Bramwell, B. — Suppose a person,... | |
 | Law - 1873 - 532 pages
...packages of similar outward appearance were usually handled. " Negligence " has been defined to be " the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." t It must be determined in all... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 436 pages
...definition is as follows : " 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." In commenting on this definition,... | |
 | John J. Elwell - Evidence, Expert - 1871 - 624 pages
...of physician, see Odlin c. Stetson, 17 Maine, 247; Wilmot v. Howard, 39 Vt., 447. 2. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent man would not do. Aldereon B. Blythe t. Birmingham Water Works Co.,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1872 - 854 pages
...life, or serious bodily injury. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reaSonable, prudent man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do under all the circumstances surrounding... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 740 pages
...other packages of similar outward appearance were usually bandied. "Negligence" has been defined to be "the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affuirs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do."* It must be... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 542 pages
...overissue.— BURT v. BAILKY, USC 0. of App., 73 Fed. Rep. 693. 86. NEGLIGENCE— What Constitutes.— Negligence Is the failure to exercise such care, prudence,...regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do.— BROTHKii'ios v. MANHATTAN BBACH IMP. Co., Neb. ,67 NW Kep. 479. 87. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS — Surety—... | |
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