 | Richard Burn - 1845 - 1304 pages
...legacy. (16.) • '*™n *ho enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring Uableformot of :rc* of it a reasonable degree of care and skill: he does not, "monkm. 536 2. Suryeotu. surgeon undertake that he will perform a cure ; nor does the litiu dertake... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1847 - 988 pages
...I may sustain from his neglect to exercise such skill, (y) " Every person," observes Tindal, CJ, " who enters into a learned profession, undertakes to...a reasonable degree of care and skill. He does not undertake, if he is an attorney, that at all events you shall gain your cause, nor does a surgeon impliedly... | |
 | 1861 - 442 pages
...in regard to the thing undertaken."* Lord Chief-Justice Tindal, in the same spirit, remarks : •" Every person who enters into a learned profession...undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable, fair, and competent degree of skill.vt This doctrine of the common law implies on the part of the practitioner... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1862 - 1096 pages
...all professions, in the practice of which, learning and skill are required, the rule of Law is, that every person who enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring to the exercise of his profession a reasonable degree of care and skill. He does not undertake to use the highest possible... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Foster, William Francis Finlason - 1867 - 1150 pages
...action is the breach of duty and the injury arising therefrom (Oladwdl v. Steggall, 5 Bing. NC 733). Every person who enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring to it the exercise of a reasonable degree of care and skill ; he does not, if he is a surgeon, undertake... | |
 | 1869 - 852 pages
...for toy extraordinary skill, unless by special contract or guaranty to that effect. Says Tindal CJ, "Every person who enters into a learned profession...exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill. Ho does not undertake if he is an attorney that at all events you shall gain your case, nor does a... | |
 | John Ordronaux - 1869 - 338 pages
...affirmation of the doctrine laid down by Chief Justice Tyndall,1 and now universally adopted, that " Every person who enters into a learned profession...the exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill.2 He does not, if he is an attorney, undertake at all events, to gain the cause ; nor does a... | |
 | Thomas William Saunders - 1871 - 338 pages
...attributable to the want of a reasonable and proper degree of care and skill in the defendant's treatment. Every person who enters into a learned profession...a reasonable degree of care and skill. He does not undertake, if he is an attorney, that at all events you shall gain your cause; nor does a surgeon undertake... | |
 | William Wait - 1872 - 950 pages
...negligence in the management of the business with which he is intrusted, for " every person who enters a learned profession undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill." Lanphier v. Phipos, 8 Carr. & P. 479. The exact degree of skill required is not easily determined;... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals - 1873 - 684 pages
...attributable to the want of a reasonable and proper degree of care and skill in the defendant's treatment. Every person who enters into a learned profession...undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable and proper degree of care and skill. He does not undertake, if he is an attorney, that at all events... | |
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Every person who enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill. 
