 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1891 - 662 էջ
...also in the same connection, the result depends upon the facts. The question in such cases is 1st, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the...negligence or improper conduct of the defendant ; or 2d, whether the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want... | |
 | Charles Manley Smith - 1860 - 622 էջ
...Wightumn, J., in delivering judgment, said: — "The proper question for the jury in cases of this kind is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the...want of ordinary and common care and caution, that bul forsucb negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part the misfortune would not have... | |
 | Ireland. High Court of Chancery - 1861 - 652 էջ
...question for the jury in this case, and, indeed, in all others of the • D. AND w. " like kind, is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the " negligence or improper conduct of thj defendant, or whether the " plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune, by his own... | |
 | John Guthrie Smith - 1864 - 590 էջ
...per quem fact, erit (2, 10), lex 3, § 3. such circumstances, the proper question for the jury is — whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the negligence or improper conduct of the defender, or whether the pursuer himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence... | |
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1865 - 534 էջ
...that the proper question for the jury in this case, and indeed in all others of the like kind, is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the...his part, the misfortune would not have happened. In the first case, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover, in the latter, not ; as, but for his... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1887 - 724 էջ
...occasioned entirely by the negligence of the defendant, or did the plaintiff himself so far contribute to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of...common care and caution, that but for such negligence and want of common care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened? If you believe... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1870 - 540 էջ
...that the proper question for the jury in this case, and indeed in all others of the like kind, is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the...his part, the misfortune would not have happened. In the first case, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover, in the latter, not ; as, but for his... | |
 | 1885 - 550 էջ
...received by the deceased, and whether there was contributory negligence on the part of the deceased; whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the...misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary or common care and caution, that but for such negligence or want of ordinary care or caution on his... | |
 | 1872 - 438 էջ
...defendants' servants or whether the plaintiff herself so far contributed to the misfortune, by her own negligence or want of ordinary and common care...negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on her part, the misfortune would not have happened; that, in the first case, the plaintiff would be entitled... | |
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It appears to us that the proper question for the jury in this case, and indeed in all others of the like kind, is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the negligence or improper conduct of the defendant, or whether the plaintiff himself so... 
