 | 1898 - 930 Seiten
...differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury. It is only where the facts are such...that the question of negligence is ever considered one of law for the courts." And in such cases the court merely declares the evidence is insufficient... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1898 - 716 Seiten
...differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury. It is only where the facts are such...that the question of negligence is ever considered one of law for the courts." Railroad Co. v. Ives, 144 US 408; Low v. Grand Trunk R. Co., 72 Me. 313;... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1898 - 888 Seiten
...case is one for the jury; and this is true also when the facts are not in dispute. It is only when the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw...conclusion from them that the question of negligence becomes a question of law for the determination of the court. Moore v. Railway Co., 93 Iowa, 484; McFail... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - 1898 - 260 Seiten
...evidence tended to establish." In Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Gentry, 163 US, 353, the same court say—"it is only where the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw the same conclusions from them" that the question is one of law for the court. In the late case of Travellers... | |
 | John Milton Gardner, Walter James Eagle - 1899 - 910 Seiten
...this proposition is wholly inadmissible. The Supreme Court of the United States has declared that " it is only where the facts are such that all reasonable...that the question of negligence is ever considered one of law for the court; " (Grand Trunk R'y Co. v. Ives, 144 US 408, 417; Texas and Pacif1c R'y Co.... | |
 | 1899 - 942 Seiten
...The supreme court of the United States has declared that it Weiss v. Bethlehem Iron Co is only when the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw...from them that the question of negligence is ever ccnsidered one of law for the court. Railway Co. v. Ives, 144 US 408, 417, -12 Sup. Ct. 679; Railway... | |
 | 1899 - 856 Seiten
...question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury ; but where the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw the same conclusion from them, the question of negligence is one for the court. Grand Trunk R. Co. v. Ives, 144 US 408, and authorities... | |
 | 1899 - 908 Seiten
...sound verdict." In the case of Railway Co. v. Ives, 144 US 409, 417, 12 Sup. Ct. 679, the court said : "It is only where the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw the same conclusions from them that the question of negligence is ever considered one of law for the court."... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court - 1900 - 814 Seiten
...differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury. It is only where the facts are such...negligence is ever considered as one of law for the court," — citing many cases. The facts in that case were that, while the plaintiff, who was an old man, was... | |
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When a given state of facts is such that reasonable men may fairly differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury. It is only where the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw... 
