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. The Southern Reporter - Page 2861906Full view - About this book
| New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1916 - 848 pages
...that negligence is either the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by circumstances which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do (Bouv. Law Diet. (Rawle'srev.) 748), yet,... | |
| 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 - 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 - 1859 - 968 pages
...defendants liable was thus defined by Alderson, B., in Btyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d): — "Negligence is the omission to do something which...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 - 1859 - 980 pages
...liable was thus defined by Alderson, B., in Blyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d) : — " Negligence is the omission to do something which a...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,... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 726 pages
...against the plaintiff, and it is not a defense to this suit. 14. "The jury are further instructed that negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do or the doing of something... | |
| 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,...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 cases... | |
| 1874 - 436 pages
...remarkable for the inelegance of its phraseology than for its accuracy. This 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... | |
| John J. Elwell - 1871 - 624 pages
...Blackf., 258. Neglect 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...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.,... | |
| Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1902 - 1050 pages
...forethought as under the circumstances duty requires should be given or exercised. It may consist in the omission to do something which a reasonable man...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs would do. Foxworthy v. City of Hastiwjx, 23 Nebr., 772, followed." Another definition is this: "The omission... | |
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