 | 1866 - 932 pages
...distinction between negligence and gross negligence. Thus, in Wil-son v. Brett (14), Rolfe, B. said, " I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet" [WILLES, J. — In Beal v. the South Devon Railway Company (15), a definition of "gross negligence"... | |
 | 1869 - 972 pages
...Lord Cranworth (then Baron Rolfe), in the case of Wilson v. Brett (5), objected to it, saying that he "could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." And this critical observation has been since approved of by other eminent Judges. Of course, if intended... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby - 1837 - 988 pages
...dangerous which another not so skilled as he does not, surely that makes a difference in the liability. I said I could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence — that it i2 CASES IN THE EXCHEQUER, . <f Pleat, was the same thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet;... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1849 - 808 pages
...which is inadvertent."2 In a still more recent case, in the same Court, Rolfe, B., remarks, — " I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." 3 , § 24. If the subject-matter of the bailment consists of living animals, such as oxen, horses,... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1851 - 836 pages
...which is inadvertent." J In a still more recent case, in the same Court, Rolfe, B., remarks, — " I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." 2 § 24. If the subject-matter of the bailment consists of living animals, such as oxen, horses, or... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 pages
...negligence and gross negligence. In Wilson v. Brett, (11 Mees. & Wels. 113,) Baron Rolfe observes, " that he could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." And see Hare and Wallace's American note, p. 242, with the American cases there cited, and which are... | |
 | John William Smith, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, John William Wallace - 1855 - 1006 pages
...bailee is shown to possess; and ROLFE, В., observes that he could see no difference between négligence and gross negligence, — that it was the same thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet. See also the remarks of PARKE, В., in Wyld v. Pickford, 8 Id. 443, 461, 462, and of LordUENMAN, CJ,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1856 - 728 pages
...useful or practicable. Thus, in Wilson v. Brett, 11 Meeson & Welsby, 113, Baron IIolfe declared he could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet. And in another case, — Hinton v. Dibbin, 2 Queen's Bench, 650, — Lord Denman said: "It may well... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1857 - 904 pages
...Wilson v. Brett, 11 M. & W. 113, Baron Rolfe makes some very pertinent remarks upon this subject. " I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet," And in Austin v. The Manchester RR 11 Eng. L. & Eq. 513, Cresswell, J. refers to the language of Lord... | |
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I said I could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence — that it was the same thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet... 
