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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. "
The Law of Collieries: A Handbook of the Law and Leading Cases - Page 262
edited by - 1884 - 439 pages
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 60

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
...the court omitted to give in the language requested was as follows : " 'Negligence' is defined to be the omission to do something which a reasonable man,...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...
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The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 11

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...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...
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The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 3

Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 968 pages
...defendants liable was thus defined by Alderson, B., in Btyth v. The Birmingham Waterworks Company (d): — "Negligence is 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...
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The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and ..., Volume 3; Volume 145

Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 980 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 reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 242

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...
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The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 2

Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Francis Joseph Coltman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 662 pages
...the tortious act of a third party, or a defect of fences which the plaintiff' was bound to repair. " Negligence is the omission to do something which a...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...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 10

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...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....
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 7

Law - 1873 - 532 pages
...Negligence " has been defined to be " the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the...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...
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A Medico-legal Treatise on Malpractice and Medical Evidence: Comprising the ...

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 reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska, Volume 62

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
...given or exercised. It may consist in the omission to do something which a reasonable man guided by those considerations which 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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