 The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons.  The Atlantic Reporter - Page 3741908Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1892 - 554 pages
...InEckert v. Railway Co., 4:! NY 502, it was held that " the law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve...made under circumstances constituting rashness in tho jndgment lif prndent persons." In that case tho rescuer lost his life in throwing a small child... | |
 | Law - 1872 - 438 pages
...the injury. Eckert v. Long Island RR Co., 721. 8. The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons. Although an exposure... | |
 | Law - 1890 - 548 pages
...exposure and risk for such a purpose is not negligent. The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons.' The principle was... | |
 | Law - 1871 - 530 pages
...J. (Allen and Folger, .1.1 . dissenting.) a. The law has so high a regard for human life that It wUl not Impute negligence to an effort to preserve It, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness In the judgment of prudent persons. Jb. 3. The plaintiff's... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1871 - 704 pages
...(^ Laming t CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGEXCB 1. The law has so high a regard for human life that it will uoi impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless...made under circumstances constituting rashness in tlie judgment of prudent persons. (Eckerl tigt. Ztoiy Island RH Co., 43 AY, Ml.) ••. \ 2. A person... | |
 | Law - 1872 - 384 pages
...moment's delay would have been fatal to the child. The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persona. For a person engaged... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Negligence - 1874 - 960 pages
...moment's delay would have been fatal to the child. The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons. For a person engaged... | |
 | Milo Adams McClelland - 1877 - 588 pages
...him, faithfully and diligently. 9. In respect to human life, the law has so high a regard for it, that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless the effort is made under such circumstances as to constitute recklessness, in the judgment of prudent... | |
 | William Wait - Actions and defenses - 1879 - 1002 pages
...of rash or reckless conduct. " The law," said GEOVEE, J., " has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons. For a person engaged... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 696 pages
...over by an approaching train, the court say that " the law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons." The law does not... | |
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