 | 1879 - 582 pages
...must determine whether the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence — euch a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances...foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act. What would be more quickly apprehended by one setting fire to dry leaves and brush, than that it would... | |
 | 1905 - 1124 pages
...of the attending circumstances." In Hoag v. Railroad Co., 85 Pa. 293, 27 Am. Rep. 653, it is said : "The true rule Is that the injury must be the natural...been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from the act." In the light of these and other authorities, and the undisputed evidence in these cases,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1881 - 896 pages
...for the jury, who must determine whether the injury was the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. McEeen. natural and probable consequence of the negligence,...foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act. What would be more quickly apprehended, by one setting fire to dry leaves and brush, than that it would... | |
 | 1882 - 264 pages
...the proximate cause of an accident is that "the injury must be the natural and probable consequences of the negligence, such a consequence as under the...circumstances of the case might and ought to have been seen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." — City of Lancaster i'. Kissinger, 13 Lancaster... | |
 | 1917 - 258 pages
...natural and probable result of defendant's negligence. See King v. Lehigh Valley RR Co., 245 Pa. 25. as- under the surrounding circumstances of the case might and ought to be foreseen by the wrong doer as likely to flow from his acts;" Swansbn v. Crandall, supra; while such... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1882 - 722 pages
...chain of events, each one of which is the natural, foreseen and necessary result of such cause. * * * In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is, that the injury must be the natural andprobable consequence of the negligence ; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances... | |
 | Charles Cole Hine, Walter S. Nichols - 1882 - 820 pages
...of the cause of the injury. The rule for determining what is a proximate cause may be stated thus: that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence, and that this consequence might and ought to have been foreseen under the surrounding circumstances.... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1883 - 760 pages
...became the proximate or promotive cause, as defined by law. " That in determining what is proximity of cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the...by the wrong-doer as likely to flow from his act." Township of West Mahonoy v. Watson, (Sup. Ct. Pa., May 9, 1887.) 9 Atl. Rep. 433. In the case of Hoag... | |
 | 1914 - 448 pages
...of the proximate cause." In Hoag z: Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, 85 Pa., 293, it is said: "The injury must be the natural and probable consequence...by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act." In Wallace v. Keystone Auto Co., 239 Pa., no, proximate cause is defined as follows : " The proximate... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1883 - 958 pages
...chain of events, each one of which is the natural, foreseen and necessary result of such cause. * * * In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule...natural and probable consequence of the negligence ; sucha consequence as under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been... | |
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In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the... 
