...the present work (c). " Negligence is an omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...affairs would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do " (d). A mere omission, however, except where some duty of a public...

...Sec. 304 A." (2nd Rep. Ss. 231 & 232.) Negligence means an 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 ( Blyth vs. Birmin9ham Watermarks,...

...Negligence, in the generally accepted legal sense, is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily...affairs, would do, or doing something, which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.*i The reasonable person standard has historically been the principal...

...Waterworks, 11 Ex. 781, as follows : '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 somethiig which a prudent and reasonable man would »ot do.' In commenting upon this definition Mr....

...when he defined negligence as: . . . the omission to so something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.7 If the defendant can show that a reasonably prudent person placed...

...Candelaria v. AT & 8. FR Co., 6 N. Mex. 275. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily...human affairs, would do, or doing something, which a reasonable and prudent man would not do; it is not absolute or intrinsic, but always relative to some...

...Respondent. First — Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man guided by the considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct...affairs would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. (Richardson v. Keir, 34 Cal. 63.) The law only holds a man responsible...

...•without further protection close to the eucalyptus tree in front of the plaintiff's premises. If, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, an ordinarily prudent person would have had reasonable ground to suspect that the wires so placed would...

...Zimmermann (n. 18), 1036. 27 'Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do' (per Alderson B, in Blyth v. Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham...

...carelessness; or culpable failure to attend. Negligence means the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily...affairs., would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. It is, I believe now pertinent to look further into this offense of...