...'negligence,' when used in these instructions, is meant either the failure to do what a reasonable person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what such person would not have done under the existing circumstances." This instruction was properly refused....

...property." See also Bishop on Non-Contract Law, § 436, and note. Justice Sway ne's Definition. — "Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable...not have done. The essence of the fault may lie in omission or commission." Baltimore etc. R. Co. v. Jones, 95 US 439. But this is rather a statement...

...property." See also Bishop on Non-Contract Law, § 436, and note. Justice Swayne's Definition. — "Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable...prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circum • stances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would...

...company or the deceased might be defined to be " the failure to do what reasonable and prudent persons would ordinarily have done, under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what Reasonable and prudent persons, under the existing circumstances, would not have done ; " that the...

...right which instructed them that negligence was "the failure to do what reasonable and prudent persons would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what reasonable and prudent persons, under the existing circumstances, would not have done. * * * You fix...

...possible. Absolute perfection In that respect is not required. Greenleaf ' v. Railway Co., 33 Iowa, 57. "Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable...person, under the existing circumstances, would not nave done. The duties are dictated and measured by the exigencies of the occasion." Railroad Co. v....

...hogshead in replacing the belt. In Baltimore & PR Co. v. Jones, 95 US 443, the court define negligence as the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person...not have done. The essence of the fault may lie in omission or commission. The duty is dictated and measured by the exigencies of the occasion. This is...

...absence of that care which men ordinarily bestow in the management of their own business and affairs. It is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under tae circumstances of the situation, or the doing what such person— that Is, a reasonable and prudent...

...of the case. The court said: "Negligence is the failure to do what reasonable and prudent j>ersons would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation; or, doing what reasonable and prudent persons under the existing circumstances would not have done." The court further...

...trial of the case. The court said: "Negligence is the failure to do what reasonable and prudent persons would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what reasonable and prudent persons, under the existing circumstances, would not have done." The court Neb.)...