| Edwin Charles Goddard - 1904 - 780 lehte
...dangerous which another not so skilled as he does not, surely that makes a difference in the liability. I said I could see no difference between negligence...that it was the same thing, with the addition of a vitu» 39 perative epithet; and I intended to leave it to the jury to say whether the defendant, being,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1905 - 754 lehte
...negligence and gross negligence. In Wilson v. Brett, (11 Mees. & W., 113,) Baron Rolfe observes, "that he could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." The defendant in error might perhaps have been entitled 516 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company... | |
| John Cadwalader - 1907 - 664 lehte
...counsel, has been criticised by other judges. One English judge, afterwards lord chancellor, said that he could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence; that it was the same 6 thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet. This was perhaps going too far on the other side.... | |
| Thomas Beven - 1908 - 938 lehte
...their discrimination. The next case, Wihon v. Brett* is famous for the dictum of Rolfe, ^' : * B£"^ 1 could see no difference between negligence and gross...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet ; " which has been repeated again and again as conclusive of the whole matter. The defendant in Wilson... | |
| Thomas Beven - 1908 - 960 lehte
...discrimination. The next case, Wilson v. Brett,4 is famous for the dictum of Rolfe, ^' ' ^ Bftrá ^ СОШ(1 see no difference between negligence and gross negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet ; " which has been repeated again and again as conclusive of the whole matter. The defendant in Wilson... | |
| Philip Taylor Van Zile - 1908 - 952 lehte
...intelligible distinction exists." And in Wilson v. Britt 10 Rolfe, B., said: "I could see no dif ference between negligence and gross negligence; that it was...thing with the addition of a vituperative epithet. ' ' But for all the criticism of learned jurists, the fact still remains that the law for all time,... | |
| Sir John William Salmond - 1913 - 582 lehte
...merely any intelligible distinction exists." Wilson v. Brett. 11 11. & W. at p. 113, per Rolfc, B. : "I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing with the addition of a vituperative epithet." Grill v. General Iron Screw Colliery Co. LR 1 CP at p. 612, per \Villes, J. : " No information has... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1918 - 808 lehte
...It was said by Lord Cranworth (then Baron Rolfe) in Wilson v. Brett, 11 M. & W. 113, 115, 116, that: "I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." In Seal v. The South Devon Railway, 3 H. & C. 337, 341, Crompton, J., in delivering the judgment of... | |
| 1920 - 1296 lehte
...was said by Lord Cranworth (then Baron Rolfe) in "Wilson. v. Brett, 11 M. & W. 113, 115, 116, that : "I said I could see no difference between negligence...thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet." In Beal v. South Devon Ry., 3 H. & C. 337, 341, Crompton, J., in delivering the judgment of the Exchequer... | |
| Joseph Henry Beale - 1920 - 700 lehte
...v. General, &c., Collier Co., Law Rep., 1 CP 612, is in point in a case of this kind, viz. : that he •'could see no difference between negligence and...thing with the addition of a vituperative epithet." See also Angell on Carriers, § 23, and Briggs v. Taylor, 28 Vt. 180. QUIMBY v. BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.... | |
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