...maintained' must be the proximate cause of the Injury sustained ; and the proximate cause of an event is that which In a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new and Independent cause, produces that event, and without which, that event would not have occurred."...

...definition of "proximate cause" found in the books is either the following or some of Its paraphrases: "Ttie proximate cause of an event must be understood to...independent cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred." 1 Shearman & Redfield. Negligence (6th Ed.) $ 20; Cooley on Torts...

...proximate causes, and not merely as a condition. In volume G, p. 5700, of Words and Phrases, it is stated: "The proximate cause of an event must be understood...in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by a new cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred." The term "proximate...

...of the damage to the cattle which were deprived of water? The proximate cause of an injury Is thnt which, In a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause, produces the Injury, and without which it would not have occurred. Mize v. Rocky Mountain Bell Tel. Co., 38...

...walked into it. If he bad stood still, both plaintiffs were safe. Proximate cause, as I repeat, is that which, In a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, Independent cause, produces an event. He was standing In the highway, and he was Injured in consequence of some other person first...

...1916.) 1. NEGLIGENCE ©=»56(1)— "PROXIMATE CAUSE" —ELEMENTS. The proximate cause of an injury is that which in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause produces the injury, and without which it would not have occurred, and a wrongdoer who puts into operation a...

...which our conclusions are based, we cannot perceive how It can seriously be contended that appellants' negligence was not the proximate cause of the injuries...which the event would not have occurred." Shear. & R. Neg. (5th Ed.) § 20. "Where there is negligence, and Injury flowing from It and there is also an...

...constitute the proximate cause of hla Injuries and maintain his action by proof of only one of them. The proximate cause of an event must be understood...sequence, unbroken by any new, Independent cause, produces the event, and without which the event would not have occurred. Proximity In point of time or space,...

...rejection would make nearly all reported cases on the question involved unintelligible. Theproximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which,...natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred. Proximately in point...

...this court in the case of De La Pena т. Railway, 74 SW 58: "The obstruction of the crossings was not that which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause, produced the accident which i-^ulted in plaintiff's injury, and hence not its proximate cause." In...