 Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done.  The Ohio Law Journal - Σελίδα 591883Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1905 - 856 σελίδες
...right which instructed them that negligence was "the failure to do what reasonable and prudent persons would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what reasonable and prudent persons, under the existing circumstances, would not have done. * * * You fix... | |
 | 1893 - 1276 σελίδες
...possible. Absolute perfection In that respect is not required. Greenleaf ' v. Railway Co., 33 Iowa, 57. "Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable...circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person, under the existing circumstances, would not nave done. The duties are dictated and measured... | |
 | William Francis Bailey - 1894 - 674 σελίδες
...hogshead in replacing the belt. In Baltimore & PR Co. v. Jones, 95 US 443, the court define negligence as the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person...circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done. The essence of the fault may lie in... | |
 | 1894 - 1112 σελίδες
...absence of that care which men ordinarily bestow in the management of their own business and affairs. It is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under tae circumstances of the situation, or the doing what such person— that Is, a reasonable and prudent... | |
 | 1894 - 1288 σελίδες
...trial of the case. The court said: "Negligence is the failure to do what reasonable and prudent persons would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what reasonable and prudent persons, under the existing circumstances, would not have done." The court Neb.)... | |
 | 1897 - 830 σελίδες
...consider them. In our view, the point presented by the third is sufficient to dispose of the case. Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable...circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done. The essence of the fault may lie in... | |
 | George Burr Clementson - 1895 - 256 σελίδες
...DEFINITION OF NEGLIGENCE. — The definition of negligence given in Anderson1s Law Dictionary is : " Failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person...circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person would not have done." 1 § 171. We have necessarily adverted to the subject of negligence... | |
 | 1895 - 1042 σελίδες
...aee, aUo, the extended note to Shortet v. St. Jostph, 24 Am. St. Rep. 322. KEOLIOKNCE — WHAT is. — Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable...would ordinarily have done under the circumstances, or the doing of what such a person would not hare done under those circumstances. This definition does... | |
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