 | Morris March Estee - Civil procedure - 1870 - 796 pages
...Brewer v. Temple. 15 How. Pr. 286. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE. 1 1 7. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would d0; or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. It is not absolute or intrinsic,... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1050 pages
...forethought as under the circumstances duty requires should be given or exercised. It may consist in the omission to do something which a reasonable man...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs would do. Foxworthy v. City of Hastiwjx, 23 Nebr., 772, followed." Another definition is this: "The omission... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 858 pages
...merely of breach of contract? * Negligence may be defined to be the omission to do something r^oni which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations...regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing of something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do (I). Negligence thus defined... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 740 pages
...other packages of similar outward appearance were usually bandied. "Negligence" has been defined to be "the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affuirs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do."* It must be... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 698 pages
...to injury ; not to do so would be an "omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do." Alderson, B., in Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks, 11 Exch. 781, 784. The jury found that the plaintiff... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 888 pages
...to injury ; 'not to do so would be an " omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do." ALDERSON, B., iu Bli/th v. Birminyluim Waterworks, 11 Exch. 781, 784. The jury found that the plaintiff... | |
 | Thomas Beven - Employers' liability - 1881 - 188 pages
...Negligence," says Alderson, B., (h) " 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 the doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." In Degg v. Midland Railway Company... | |
 | Charles Sweet - Law - 1882 - 946 pages
...bailor, the bailee is only liable for gross negligence.' Ordinary negligence is the want of that care which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would presumably have exercised under the circumstances of the particular case ;s and slight negligence is... | |
 | John Bouvier - Law - 1883 - 876 pages
...Abr. Parliament, pi. 72. NEGLIGENCE. The omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. Per Alderson, B., in Blyth vs.... | |
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Negligence is defined to be the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. 
