In the nature of things, there is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent upon those preceding, and it is the province of a jury to look at this succession of events or facts, and ascertain whether they are naturally and probably... The Northeastern Reporter - Page 541891Full view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1206 pages
...consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light and this must be determined in view of the circumstances existing at the time. If we are not mistaken in these opinions, the Circuit Court was correct in refusing to affirm the defendants'... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1148 pages
...upon those preceding, and it is the province of a jury to look at this succession of events or facts, and ascertain whether they are naturally and probably...in view of the circumstances existing at the time. If we are not mistaken in these opinions, the Circuit Court was correct in refusing to affirm the defendants'... | |
| David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 620 pages
...100 Mass., 208. It is the province and duty of a jury to look at the succession of events or facts and ascertain whether they are naturally and probably...dissevered by new and independent agencies, and this must determined in view of the .circumstances existing at the time. 1 Sher. & Red. Negligence Sec. 28-29-55... | |
| Law - 1877 - 592 pages
...upon those preceding, and it is the province of the jury to look at this succession of events or facts and ascertain whether they are naturally and probably...in view of the circumstances existing at the time. If we are not mistaken in these opinions the circuit court was correct in refusing to affirm the defendants'... | |
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