 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1888 - 776 Seiten
...defendant's counsel which the court omitted to give in the language requested was as follows : " 'Negligence' is defined to be the omission to do something which...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." While this request was not given in the language used, it was given in substance by the judge in the... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - 1859 - 968 Seiten
...Waterworks Company (d): — "Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." [Bramwell, B.— Suppose a person, galloping through a public street to fetch a surgeon in a case of... | |
 | Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - 1859 - 982 Seiten
...Waterworks Company (d) : — " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." [Bramwell, B. — Suppose a person, galloping through a public street to fetch a surgeon in a case... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Francis Joseph Coltman - 1866 - 662 Seiten
...act of a third party, or a defect of fences which the plaintiff' was bound to repair. " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...something which a prudent and reasonable man would Dot do; per Alderson, B., Blyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company, 11 Exch. 784.f Without negligence... | |
 | 1874 - 436 Seiten
...inelegance of its phraseology than for its accuracy. This definition is as follows : " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." In commenting on this definition, our author is guilty of almost equal negligence in the use of language.... | |
 | 1873 - 532 Seiten
...Negligence " has been defined to be " the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." t It must be determined in all cases by reference to the situation and knowledge of the parties, and... | |
 | John J. Elwell - 1871 - 624 Seiten
...Howard, 39 Vt., 447. 2. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent man would not do. Aldereon B. Blythe t. Birmingham Water Works Co., 11 Exch., 781. 3. A party is not... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1902 - 1050 Seiten
...given or exercised. It may consist in the omission to do something which a reasonable man guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs would do. Foxworthy v. City of Hastiwjx, 23 Nebr., 772, followed." Another definition is this: "The omission... | |
 | 1872 - 854 Seiten
...bodily injury. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reaSonable, prudent man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do under all the circumstances surrounding and characterizing the particular case ; and in this case it... | |
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Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. 
