The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury Is ordinarily a question for the Jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact, in view of the circumstances of fact attending It. Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois - Page 409by Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, Basil Jones, James Christopher Cahill, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1910Full view - About this book
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 710 pages
...by circumstantial evidence. 3. SAME — proximate cause of injury is ordinarily a question of fact. What is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question of fact, to be determined by the jury from a consideration of all the attending circumstances. 4. SAME — a negligent act need... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 718 pages
...show that the violation of the provisions of the statute was the proximate cause of appellee's injury. What is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question of fact for the jury, to be determined from a consideration of all of the attending facts and circumstances.... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 604 pages
...the Supreme Court of the United States, in Railway Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 469, 24 L. Ed. 256, "that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science, or of legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact,... | |
| Law - 1878 - 442 pages
...Mass. 494; Tent Vs. Thf Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad Co. , 49 111. 349. ) The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 680 pages
...without the aid of other causes not reasonably to be expected. Held, no error; the true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact,... | |
| Horace Gay Wood - Fire insurance - 1886 - 682 pages
...107 id. 494 ; Tent v. The Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad Co., 49 I11. 340. The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for U,e jury. It is not a question of science or of le9al knowled9e. R is to be determined as a fact,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1112 pages
...relies upon it. 9. SAME— PROXIMATE CAUSE— EXISTENCE OF EVIDENCE— DIRKCTING VERDICT. The question, what is the proximate cause of an injury? is ordinarily a question for the jury. But the burden is always on the plaintiff, in an action for personal injury, to show... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 764 pages
...supreme court of the United States in M. & St. P. Railway Co.v. Kellogg, supra: " The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact,... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 958 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States in M. & St. P. Railway Co. v. Ktllogg, supra : " The true rule is that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact,... | |
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