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 — such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have... Pennsylvania State Reports - Page 130by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1881Full view - About this book
| Law - 1888 - 556 pages
...canse 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
...as a consequence likely to flow from his negligence In not looking out and seeing the land slide." " It is manifest that the negligence was the remote...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 - 1897 - 642 pages
...stated 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;...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act": Hoag v. R. R. Co., supra; Pass. Ry. Co. v. Trich, 117 Pa. 39O; Swanson v. Crandall, 2 Pa. Super. Ct.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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,... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 884 pages
...consequence as, under the surroundDoreey v. Abrams. ing circumstances of the case, might and ought to hsivc been foreseen by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his act. This is not a limitation of the maxim causa proxima non remota tpectatur; it only affects its application.... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1124 pages
...v. 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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