 | 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
...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." 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
...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. The defendants might have been liable for negligence, if, unintentionally, they omitted to do that... | |
 | Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 982 pages
...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." [Bramwell, B. — Suppose a person, galloping through a public street to fetch a surgeon in a case... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Francis Joseph Coltman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 662 pages
...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 Dot do; per Alderson, B., Blyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company, 11 Exch. 784.f Without negligence... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 436 pages
...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." In commenting on this definition, our author is guilty of almost equal negligence in the use of language.... | |
 | John J. Elwell - Evidence, Expert - 1871 - 624 pages
...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 man would not do. Aldereon B. Blythe t. Birmingham Water Works Co., 11 Exch., 781. 3. A party is not... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1872 - 854 pages
...something which a reaSonable, prudent 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 under all the circumstances surrounding and characterizing the particular case ; and in this case it... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 740 pages
...reasonable man, guided by those 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 determined in all cases by reference to the situation and knowledge of the parties and all... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Negligence - 1874 - 960 pages
...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 purpose of excluding accidents from the category of negligence, this... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1874 - 880 pages
...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 " absolute or intrinsic," but " always relative to some circumstances... | |
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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. 
