 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 638 pages
...assigned is that there must be reasonable evidence of negligence. But where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident be such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management of use... | |
 | Insurance, Atomic hazards - 1974 - 575 pages
...Docks Co., 3 H. & C. 596, 601, 159 Eng. Rep. 665,667 (Ex. 1865): But where the thing is shewn to be under the management of the defendant or his servants,...defendants, that the accident arose from want of care. 17. See eg, Mack v. Reading Co., 377 Pa. 135, 103 A. 2d 749 (1954). 18. The procedural effect of res... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 916 pages
...management of the defendants and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care,...explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from a want of care." See, also, Fisher v. Ruch, 12 Pa. Superior Ct. 240; Matthews v. Pittsburgh & Lake... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 764 pages
...or his servants, 'and the accident is such as, under an ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care,'...reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care." It may be that the charge given had a tendency... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 622 pages
...defendant's negligence, must give reasonable evidence of such negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, 'and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management of the machinery use... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 778 pages
...itself, evidence of negligence. It is urged that, where the instrument or machinery is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants,...reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care. But instances are not unfrequent of steam-boiler... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment - Insurance, Liability - 1984 - 772 pages
...Docks Co., 3 H & C. 5%, 601. 159 Eng. Rep. 665, 667 (Ex. 1865): But where the thing is shewn to be under the management of the defendant or his servants,...defendants, that the accident arose from want of care. 25. See eg, Kolakowski v. Voris, 83 111. 2d 388, 415 NE2d 397 (1980), reh'g denied (1981); Adams v.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 228 pages
...suffers through such breach of contract, he is entitled to recover damages. When a thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants,...reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care. A train stopping so as to throw people about... | |
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J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not... 
