In the nature of things, there is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent upon those preceding, and it is the province of a jury to look at this succession of events or facts, and ascertain whether they are naturally and probably... The Southwestern Reporter - Page 591911Full view - About this book
| 1926 - 254 pages
...the nature of things there is in every transaction a succession of events more or less dependent on those preceding, and it is the province of a jury...in view of the circumstances existing at the time." Milwaukee, etc., Co. v. Kellogg, 94 US 4GO, 24 FS (L. ed.) 256. It would seem therefore clear on principle... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - 1206 pages
...refinements are too minute for rules of social conduct. In the nature of things, there is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent...preceding, and it is the province of a jury to look at this succesas in the oft cited case of the squib thrown in j sion of events or facts, and ascertain whether... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1901 - 1148 pages
...refinements are too minute for rules of social conduct. In the nature of things, there Is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent...in view of the circumstances existing at the time. If we are not mistaken in these opinions, the Circuit Court was correct in refusing to affirm the defendants'... | |
| David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - 1894 - 620 pages
...466-475-476 ; Graynor v. Old Colony RR, 100 Mass., 208. It is the province and duty of a jury to look at the succession of events or facts and ascertain whether...dissevered by new and independent agencies, and this must determined in view of the .circumstances existing at the time. 1 Sher. & Red. Negligence Sec. 28-29-55... | |
| 1900 - 1036 pages
...answered in accordance with common understanding. * * * In the nature of things, there is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent...in view of the circumstances existing at the time." McDonald v. Railway Co., 20 CCA 322, 74 Fed. 104; Zopfl v. Cable Co., 9 CCA 308, 6O Fed. 987. In the... | |
| 1877 - 592 pages
...Such refinements are too minute for rules of social conduct. In the nature of things there is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent upon those preceding, and it is the province of the jury to look at this succession of events or facts and ascertain whether they are naturally and... | |
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