Plant Inv. Co. v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
74 F. 503 · 1896
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2
cited by 2 later decisions
January 1910
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
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““Contributory negligence, in its legal signification, is such an act or omission on the part of a plaintiff, amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or co-operating with the negligent act of the defendant, is a proximate cause or occasion of the injury complained of. To constitute contributory negligence, there must be a want of ordinary care on the part of the plaintiff, and a proximate connection between that and the injury. Perhaps, besides these two, there are no other necessary elements. Certainly they are the two points of difficulty in the consideration of the question.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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