 | 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 páginas
...the court omitted to give in the language requested was as follows : " 'Negligence' is defined to be the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...something 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... | |
 | Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - 1859 - 982 páginas
...liable was thus defined by Alderson, B., in Blyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d) : — " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1910 - 726 páginas
...against the plaintiff, and it is not a defense to this suit. 14. "The jury are further instructed that negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do or the doing of... | |
 | 1874 - 436 páginas
...remarkable for the inelegance of its phraseology than for its accuracy. This definition is as follows : " Negligence is the omission to do something which a...something 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... | |
 | 1873 - 532 páginas
...Negligence " has been defined to be " the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...something 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,... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1902 - 1050 páginas
...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... | |
 | John J. Elwell - 1871 - 624 páginas
...Blackf., 258. 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 man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing... | |
 | 1872 - 854 páginas
...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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1873 - 740 páginas
...reasonable man, guided by those 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 determined in all cases by reference to the situation and knowledge of the parties... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1874 - 960 páginas
...Alderson, B., in words which have subsequently been frequently cited with approval by the courts, " is the omission to do something which a reasonable...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." 1 As a limitation, framed for the purpose of excluding accidents from the category of negligence,... | |
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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. 
