 | United States. Supreme Court - 1873 - 740 strani
...other packages of similar outward appearance were usually bandied. "Negligence" has been defined to be "the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...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... | |
 | 1896 - 542 strani
...forethought as, under the circumstances, duty requires should be given or exercised. It may consist In the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do.— BROTHKii'ios v. MANHATTAN BBACH IMP. Co., Neb. ,67 NW Kep. 479. 87. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS — Surety—... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1874 - 960 strani
...with approval by the courts, " 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." 1 As a limitation, framed for the... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1874 - 880 strani
...:4 negligence being defined to be " 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;"5 negligence, moreover, not being... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 strani
...merely of breach of contract? * Negligence may be defined to be the omission to do something r^oni which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations...the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing of something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do (I). Negligence thus defined when productive... | |
 | 1875 - 870 strani
...approval by the courts, that it "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." Thus it is seen that the concluding... | |
 | 1875 - 842 strani
...Hence negligence is said to be, the omission to do something which a reasonable man guided upon the considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do : Ernst v. Hudson River RR Co., 3d... | |
 | Morris March Estee - 1878 - 648 strani
...Foster, 9 How. Pr. 37; Brewer v. Temple, 15 Id. 286. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES RESULTING FBOM NEGLIGENCE. 115. Negligence is the omission to do something which a...regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do; or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. It is not absolute or intrinsic, but... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1878 - 696 strani
...not have been foreseen. There must be an omission to do something which a reasonable man, acting upon considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct...human affairs, would do, or the doing something which such a man would not do. Probability of danger is to be taken into account, but not that which arises... | |
 | William Wait - 1878 - 1004 strani
...carelessness. It is defined to be "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." ALDERSON, B., in Blyth v. Birmingham... | |
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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. 
