 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.  Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska - Seite 568von Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1896Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - 1859 - 968 Seiten
...was thus defined by Alderson, B., in Btyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d): — "Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Francis Joseph Coltman - 1866 - 662 Seiten
...was bound to repair. " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott, Henry Bompas, Edmund Lumley - 1870 - 818 Seiten
...Waterworks Company: (3) "Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. The defendants might have been liable for negligence, if, unintentionally, they omitted to do that... | |
 | Morris March Estee - 1870 - 796 Seiten
...man, guided by those considerations which 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, but is always relative to some circumstances of time, place, or person.... | |
 | 1897 - 1206 Seiten
...the whole risk were his own." The court in that case, after adopting the definition of negligence as the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do, further say that " it [negligence] must be determined in all cases by reference to the situation and... | |
 | John J. Elwell - 1871 - 624 Seiten
...Neglect of physician, see Odlin c. Stetson, 17 Maine, 247; Wilmot v. Howard, 39 Vt., 447. 2. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable...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... | |
 | 1872 - 854 Seiten
...life, or serious bodily injury. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reaSonable, prudent man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily...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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1872 - 688 Seiten
...repaired his part of the fence. " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." Per Aldereon, B., in Blyth v. Birmingham Water Works Co. 11 Exch. 781. What would a reasonable man... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (8th Circuit), John Forrest Dillon - 1873 - 648 Seiten
...prudent man, guided by those considerations which 38 Stout v. Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Company. ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do; or doing something which a prudent or reasonable man would not do, under all the circumstances surrounding the particular transaction... | |
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