 | John Wilder May - 1891 - 780 pages
...one of the elements contributing to produce the result. An accident is defined as • an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation...effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected.' " An accident may happen from an unknown cause. But it is not essential that the cause should be unknown.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 780 pages
...as we have seen, from a cause unknown. An accident or casualty, according to common understanding, proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause. Either may be properly said to occur by chance and unexpectedly. Webster's Diet.; Imperial Diet. It... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 874 pages
...as we have seen, from a cause unknown. An accident or casualty, according to common understanding, proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause. Either may be properly said to occur by chance and unexpectedly. Webster's Diet.; Imperial Diet. It... | |
 | George Richards - 1892 - 710 pages
...incident ; casualty ; chance : and by Webster, an event that takes place without one's forethought or expectation; an event which proceeds from an unknown...therefore not expected ; chance; casualty; contingency. In view of the unquestioned facts, the death of the intestate was accidental. The danger was unknown.... | |
 | 1893 - 1288 pages
..."accident" objected to. Mr. Websterdefines "accident" as "a coming or falling: an event that takea place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, and therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency." This objection, we think, is overcome,... | |
 | Allan McLane Hamilton - 1894 - 692 pages
...definition. What is an accident f The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has declared that it is " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation,...effect of a known cause and therefore not expected." (North American Life and Accident Company vs. Burroughs, 69 Pennsylvania State, 43.) It will be noted... | |
 | Allan McLane Hamilton - 1894 - 670 pages
...definition. What is an accident ? The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has declared that it is " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation,...effect of a known cause and therefore not expected." (North American Life and Accident Company vs. BurrouyJis, 69 Pennsylvania State, 43.) It will be noted... | |
 | 1897 - 830 pages
...as one of the elements contributing to produce the result. An accident is defined as " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation...effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected." An accident may happen from an unknown cause. But it is not essential that the cause should be unknown.... | |
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