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· 1/25/1909

Freshman v. United States

Citations

  • 212 U.S. 566
  • 29 S. Ct. 691
  • 53 L. Ed. 654
  • 1909 U.S. LEXIS 1842

Syllabus

<p>Writ of error to review a judgment of conviction for liquor selling without having first paid the special Federal tax therefor, dismissed for ' want .of jurisdiction. Plaintiff in error contended that the indictment was found on evidence improperly obtained.</p>

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  • “To be actionable, negligence must be the proximate cause of the injury complained of and must be such as might have been reasonably expected to produce an injury.”
  • “To be actionable, negligence must be the proximate cause of the injury complained of and must be such as might have been reasonably expected to produce an injury.”
  • “To be actionable, negligence must be the proximate cause of the injury complained of and must be such as might have been reasonably expected to produce an injury.”

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