Note 63 — Chapter II · NEGLIGENT INTERFERENCE (continued 2)
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“There is no absolute or intrinsic negligence; it is always relative to some circumstances of time, place, or person.” Bramwell, B., in Degg v. Midland R. Co., 1 Hurlst. & N. 773, 781. See also Bowen, L. J., in Thomas v. Quartermaine, 18 Q. B. D. 685, 694.
Bizzell v. Booker, 16 Ark. 308; Needham v. San Francisco R. Co., 37 Cal. 409; Diamond Iron Co. v. Giles, 7 Houst. 557; Atlantic R. Co. v. Moore, 8 Ga. App. 185; Chicago R. Co. v. Johnson, 103 Ill. 512; Parks v. Yost, 93 Kan. 334; Sheridan v. Baltimore R. Co., 101 Md. 50; Kelly v. Michigan R. Co., 65 Mich. 186; De Bolt v. Kansas City R. Co., 123 Mo. 496; Garland v. Boston R. Co., 76 N. H. 556; New Jersey Exp. Co. v. Nichols, 33 N. J. Law, 434; McGuire v. Spence, 91 N. Y. 303; Connell v. New York R. Co., 144 App. Div. 664; Anderson v. Atlantic R. Co., 161 N. C. 462; Elster v. Springfield, 49 Ohio St. 82; Frankford Co. v. Philadelphia R. Co., 54 Pa. St. 345; Virginia Power Co. v. Smith, 117 Va. 418; Morrison v. Power Co., 75 W. Va. 608; Davis v. Chicago R. Co., 58 Wis. 646 Accord.
Hence it is incorrect to define ordinary care as “such care as the ordinary person uses in the transaction of the ordinary affairs of life.” Hennesey v. Chicago R. Co., 99 Wis. 109.