 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 776 pages
...: " 'Negligence' is defined to be the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...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 in the... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - Law reports, digests, etc - 1856 - 948 pages
...turns upon the question, whether the facts proved shew that the defendants were guilty of negligence. 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... | |
 | Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 982 pages
...liable was thus defined by Alderson, B., in Blyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d) : — " Negligence is the omission to do something which a...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do." [Bramwell, B. — Suppose a person, galloping through a public street to fetch a surgeon in a case... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 726 pages
...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 something... | |
 | Law - 1873 - 532 pages
...packages of similar outward appearance were usually handled. " Negligence " has been defined to be " the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...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, and... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 436 pages
...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 reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing... | |
 | John J. Elwell - Evidence, Expert - 1871 - 624 pages
...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...affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent man would not do. Aldereon B. Blythe t. Birmingham Water Works Co., 11 Exch., 781. 3. A party is not... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1050 pages
...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...ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs would do. Foxworthy v. City of Hastiwjx, 23 Nebr., 772, followed." Another definition is this: "The omission... | |
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Negligence" has been defined to be '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 something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. 
