 | 1896 - 1276 pages
...because the plaintiff voluntarily inserted the needle. According to Webster, an accident is an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected. In Association v. Barry, 131 US lOOl, 9 Sup. Ct. 755, the party voluntarily jumped from a platform... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - 1896 - 744 pages
...accident is an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceed* from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected. In Mutual Accident Aas/iv Barry (131 US 100) the insured voluntarily jumped from a platform four or... | |
 | David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield - 1896 - 1344 pages
...Mutual Ace. Assoc. (Supreme Ct.), 14 NY Supp. 728, 38 NY St. Rep. 378. An a:cident is an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event which proceeds from unknown causes and therefore not expected; a chance, casualty, contingency. Accidental signifies happening... | |
 | 1898 - 1190 pages
...Insurance Co. vs. Burroughs (69 Pa. St., 43, 51 ), the court said that an accident is " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency," — aud held that a strain of the abdominal muscles, produced by pitching hay, which caused an inflammation... | |
 | 1899 - 1242 pages
...injured. Supreme Council Order of Chosen Friends v. Garrigus, 104 Ind. 133, 3 NE 818. "An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected." Schneider v. Insurance Co., 24 Wis. 30. "An accident is the happening of an event without the aid and... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1899 - 878 pages
...Supreme Council Order of Chosen Friends v. Garrigus, 104 Ind. 133 (3 1ST. E. Rep. 818). "An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation...effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected." Schneider v. Insurance Co., 24: Wis. 30. "An accident is the happening of an event without the aid... | |
 | Charles Lyman Greene - 1900 - 494 pages
...the word General accident. What is accident ? It is defined by lexicographers as being an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation...therefore not expected ; chance; casualty; contingency. — Webster. Anything that happens ; an occurrence ; event. Especially anything occurring unexpectedly,... | |
 | 1901 - 1120 pages
...is unforeseen; an event happening without the concurrence of the will of the person : an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation...unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause. \or1h American L. <£ Acci. Ins. Co. v. Burroughs. 09 Pa. 43, 8 Am. Rep. 212; Paul v. Travelers' Ins.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1901 - 1550 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... | |
 | Eugene Wambaugh - 1902 - 1220 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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