 | Ireland. High Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1861 - 652 pages
...conduct of thj defendant, or whether the " plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune, by his own " negligence or want of ordinary and common care...negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his " part, the misfortune would not have happened ? In the first case, " the plaintiff would be entitled... | |
 | John Guthrie Smith - Damages - 1864 - 590 pages
...the pursuer himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary care and caution, that, but for such negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have occurred. In the first case the pursuer may recover ; in the... | |
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 534 pages
...conduct of the defendant, or whether the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary and common care...negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened. In the first case, the plaintiff would be entitled... | |
 | Law - 1872 - 438 pages
...occasioned entirely by the negligence or improper conduct of the defendants' servants or whether the plaintiff herself so far contributed to the misfortune,...would not have happened; that, in the first case, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover, and, in the second, she would not." 2. "That mere negligence,... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 540 pages
...conduct of the defendant, or whether the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary and common care...negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened. In the first case, the plaintiff would be entitled... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 572 pages
...on his part. If the deceased so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of care and caution, that but for such negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on bis part, the misfortune would not have happened, the plaintiff cannot recover. Dickey v. Maine Telegraph... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 572 pages
...on his part. If the deceased so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of care and caution, that but for such negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened, the plaintiff cannot recover. Dickey v. Maine Telegraph... | |
 | Law - 1885 - 550 pages
...plaintiff himself so far contributed to 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 part the misfortune would not have happened. In the first case, the plaintiff would... | |
 | New South Wales. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 554 pages
...conduct of the defendant, or whether the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence, or want of ordinary and common care...negligence, or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened. "Mere negligence, or want of ordinary care or caution,... | |
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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... 
