Harry v. Beatty’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1939
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Martin v. Hadenfeldt · Rosenstrom v. North Bend Stage Line · Hines v. Foster · Church v. Shaffer · Bell v. Northwest Cities Gas Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“There are two classes of cases in which the question of negligence may be determined by the court as a conclusion of law.. . . The first is where the circumstances of the case are such that the standard of duty is fixed, and the measure of duty defined, by law, and is the same under all circumstances. . . . And the second is where the facts are undisputed and but one reasonable inference can be drawn from them. . . . If different results might be honestly reached by different minds then negligence is not a question of law, but one of fact for the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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