Contributory negligence, in its legal signification, is such an act or omission on the part of a plaintiff, amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or cooperating with the negligent act of the defendant, is a proximate cause or occasion of... The American and English Encyclopedia of Law - Page 18edited by - 1888Full view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1120 pages
...as follows: "Contributory negligence is such an net or omission on the part of the person injured, amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or co-operating with the negligent act or acts of the defendant, was the proximate cause of the Injury complained of by the plaintiffs, and... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1164 pages
...injury for which he was Booking compensation. Mr. Beach defines contributory negligence as follows: "Contributory negligence, in Its legal signification,...co-operating with the negligent act of the defendant, ¡sa proximate cause or occasion of the injury complained of." Beach, Contrib. Nog. | 7. Mr. Thompson... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1174 pages
...Contributory Negligence, speaking of the difficulty of framing precise definitions, suggests this definition: "Contributory negligence, in its legal signification,...negligent act of the defendant, is a proximate cause or occasion of the Injury complained of." Without undertaking to define contributory negligence, we... | |
| Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 682 pages
...negligence, in its legal signification, is VOL. 111.— 38 Citizens Street Railway Company ». Twiname. such an act or omission on the part of a plaintiff,...negligent act of the defendant, is a proximate cause or occasion of the injury complained of. To constitute contributory negligence there must be a want... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 974 pages
...negligence technically know as "con tributory, "which is the commission or omission by the party of an act amounting to a want of ordinary care, as concurring or co-operating with the negligent act of another. and which is the proximatecause or occasion of the injury complained of. To constitute contributory... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1434 pages
...general charge on the subject of contributory negligence, to which no objection has been presented: "Contributory negligence, in its legal signification, is such an act or omission on the part of the plaintiff amounting to a want of ordinary care and prudence as concurring or co-operating wlih... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1356 pages
...appellant complains of the definition of contributory negligence In the charge of the court, as follows: "Contributory negligence. In Its legal signification, Is such an act or omission on the part of plaintiff, amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or co-operating with some negligent... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 1226 pages
...Contributory negligence consists, in contemplation of law, in such acts or omissions on the part of the plaintiff, amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or co-operating with the negligent acts of the defendant, are a proximate cause or occasion of the injury complained of. It is a general... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1322 pages
...uesligeuce.' in its legal significance, is such an act or omission on the part of the person injured amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or co-operating with some negligent act ot omission of the defendant, prpximutely causes or contributes to cause the injury... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 700 pages
...Contributory negligence consists in such acts or omisTORYNEGU . , ...... . .. GHNCK: sions on the part of the plaintiff amounting to a want of ordinary care, as concurring or co-operating with the negligent acts of the defendant, are a proximate cause or occasion of the injury complained of." Beach on Contributory... | |
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