 | Canadian Bankers' Association - 1896 - 468 pages
...Wilson v. Brett, when he said that he could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence. It was the same thing ' with the addition of a vituperative epithet.' Putting this aside, however, for the moment, we may see how the general principles of liability apply... | |
 | Edwin Charles Goddard - 1904 - 780 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...that it was the same thing, with the addition of a vitu» 39 perative epithet; and I intended to leave it to the jury to say whether the defendant, being,... | |
 | Sir John William Salmond - 1907 - 574 pages
...part of the law of England. In Wilson v. Brett (1843) H M. & W. p. 115, Rolfe B. observed that he " could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing with the addition of a vituperative epithet," and this observation has been approved by Willes, J. in Grill v. Iron .Screw Collier Co. (1866) LR... | |
 | John Cadwalader - 1907 - 664 pages
...counsel, has been criticised by other judges. One English judge, afterwards lord chancellor, said that he could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence; that it was the same 6 thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet. This was perhaps going too far on the other side.... | |
 | Philip Taylor Van Zile - 1908 - 952 pages
...intelligible distinction exists." And in Wilson v. Britt 10 Rolfe, B., said: "I could see no dif ference between negligence and gross negligence; that it was...the difference in degrees under certain facts and circumstances.11 § 40. Negligence and fraud distinguished. — While gross negligence may be evidence... | |
 | Thomas Beven - 1908 - 938 pages
...their discrimination. The next case, Wihon v. Brett* is famous for the dictum of Rolfe, ^' : * B£"^ 1 could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet ; " which has been repeated again and again as conclusive of the whole matter. The defendant in Wilson... | |
 | Thomas Beven - 1908 - 960 pages
...discrimination. The next case, Wilson v. Brett,4 is famous for the dictum of Rolfe, ^' ' ^ Bftrá ^ СОШ(1 see no difference between negligence and gross negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet ; " which has been repeated again and again as conclusive of the whole matter. The defendant in Wilson... | |
 | 1910 - 1038 pages
...refinement of the jurists. Thus Baron Rolfe could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence; it was the same thing with the addition of a vituperative epithet. See NEGLIGENCE. Diligence, in Scots law, is a general term for the process by which persons, lands... | |
 | 1910 - 1038 pages
...refinement of the jurists. Thus Baron Rolfe could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence; it was the same thing with the addition of a vituperative epithet. See NEGLIGENCE. Diligence, in Scots law, it a general term for the process by which persons, lands... | |
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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... 
