 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1884 - 806 pages
...of medical science. In Insurance Co. \. Loeser r. Humphrey. Boon, 5 Otto, 117, STRONG, J. said : " The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one...that necessarily sets the other causes in operation." In Byrne v. Wilson, 15 Irish CL, 332, 342, a, stage-coach by the negligence of the driver, was precipitated... | |
 | 1920 - 516 pages
...cause which naturally and probably led to and which might have been expected to produce the result; It is the efficient cause; the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. — Kelson v. Public Service Ry: Co.. NJ, 110 Atl. 919. 67. Standard of Care. — When a plaintiff's... | |
 | 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 - 1908 - 604 pages
...to support an action." In the case of Insurance Co. v. Boon, 95 US 130, 2-1 L. Ed. 395, it is said: "The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one...not the proximate causes and the responsible ones." In the case of Railway Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 469, 24 L. Ed. 256, the court says: "The question always... | |
 | 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 - 1921 - 712 pages
...other end, that force being the proximate cause of the movement." Proximate cause has been defined as "the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation." 3 Words and Phrases, 1335. It has also been denned as a cause from which a man of ordinary experience... | |
 | 1880 - 952 pages
...sets the other causes in operation. In the language of Justice Strong in Ins. Co. v. Boon, 95 US 330: "The proximate cause is the efficient cause — the...other causes in operation. The causes that are merely accidental, or instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not the proximate causes, and the... | |
 | 1903 - 1112 pages
...cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidents of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the reasonable ones, though that may be nearer in time to the result. It is only when the causes are independent... | |
 | 1899 - 962 pages
...to the catastrophe. That is not the meaning of the maxim, 'Causa próxima, non remota, spectatur.' The proximate cause Is the efficient cause, — the...necessarily sets the other causes In operation. The causea that are merely Incidental, or instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not the... | |
 | James Henry Deering - 1886 - 760 pages
...nearest in time or place to the / catastrophe, but the efficient cause, the one which \ necessarily set the other causes in operation ; the causes that are...controlling agency are not the ' proximate causes and the controlling ones, although they may be nearer in time to the result ; it is only when causes are independent... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1886 - 926 pages
...present imperfect state of medical science. In Insurance Co. v. Boon, 95 US 117, STROXQ, J. , said: " The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one...that necessarily sets the other causes in operation " In Byrne v. Wilson, 15 Ir. CL 332, 312, a stage-coach by the negligence of the driver, was precipitated... | |
 | 1908 - 1156 pages
...in point, see Cent. Die. vol. 15, Death, § 19.] 2. NEGLIGENCE — "РВОХШАТЕ CAUSE" DEFINED. The proximate cause is the efficient cause: the one...that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. [Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent Dig. vol. 37, Negligence, §§ 69-82. For other definitions,... | |
| |
The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes »nd the responsible ones, though... 
