 The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the responsible ones, though...  Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois - Page 464by Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, Basil Jones, James Christopher Cahill, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1912Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1878 - 858 pages
...causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the responsible...of each other that the nearest is, of course, to be oharged with the disaster. A careful consideration of the authorities will vindicate this rule. Mr.... | |
 | 1894 - 2096 pages
...causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the responsible...nearest is, of course, to be charged with the disaster." Here the fire was the cause of the explosion, which played its full share in producing the wreck, the... | |
 | 1903 - 1112 pages
...a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the reasonable ones, though that may be nearer in time to the result. It is only when...nearest is, of course, to be charged with the disaster." Insurance Company v. Boon, 95 US 117, 130, 24 L. Ed. 395. The real inquiry, therefore, is whether the... | |
 | 1880 - 952 pages
...causes in operation. The causes that are merely accidental, or instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not the proximate causes, and the responsible ones, though they may be nearest in time to the result. It is only when the causes are independent of each other that the nearest... | |
 | 1899 - 962 pages
...causes In operation. The causea that are merely Incidental, or instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not the proximate causes and the responsible...nearest Is, of course, to be charged with the disaster." 95 US 130. "The conclusion Is Inevitable that the fire which caused the destruction of the plaintiffs'... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - 1886 - 770 pages
...causes in motion. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior ur controlling agency are not the proximate causes and the responsible...of each other that the nearest, is, of course, to he charged with the disaster. the meaning of the proviso in the policy. The attack by the rebels furnished... | |
 | 1908 - 1156 pages
...operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or control! ing agency are not proximate causes and the responsible ones, though they may be nearer In time to the result. JStna Fire Ins. Co. v. Boon, £K5 US 130, 24 L. Ed. 305 ; Wiley v. West Jersey RR Co., 44 NJ Law, 247;... | |
 | James Henry Deering - 1886 - 760 pages
...a superior or controlling agency are not the ' proximate causes and the controlling ones, although they may be nearer in time to the result ; it is only when causes are independent of each other that the nearest is, of course, to be charged with the disaster,;... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1020 pages
...causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental, or instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not the proximate causes and the responsible...nearest is, of course, to be charged with the disaster." Leaving out of consideration, as we must, by concession of counsel, all question of negligence in regard... | |
 | 1893 - 1172 pages
...merely incidental are instruments «¡fa superior or controlling agency, are not the proximate c¡insen, ܕ 2D"m { wp T X - # e k < a8$ >ʟR # /` l;śQ tg S s / Insurance Co. v. Boon, »5 US 130. Was the refusal of defendant to construct Its road from point A... | |
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