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Page 154 - But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 51 National reporter system: State series |
| Contributor | West Publishing Company |
| Publisher | West Publishing Company, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2007 |
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