...Je*. A Jo I, f.&. THE MAXIMS OF THE LAW. REGULA I. In jure non remota causa, sed proximo, spectatur. IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of...acts by that, without looking to any further degree. As if an annuity be granted pro consilio 6 H 8 impenso et impendendo, and the grantee com- Dy- *' I...

...in reference to the maxim " In jure., non remain causa sed próxima spectaiur," wrote as follows: " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of...acts by that, without looking to any further degree." There is no doubt that that is the law, but the difficulty is how to apply it. I rather think here...

...policy, it is a leading principle that the proximate, and not the remote cause is to be looked to. ("It were infinite for the law to judge the causes...acts by that, without looking to any further degree." Bacon's Maxims, ]..) The words "perils of the sea " apply only to losses of which the operative cause...

...immediate producing cause of the loss. " It were infinite," says Lord Bacon, " for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...acts by that, without looking to any further degree." The general maxim thus explained, which is not inapplicable to the acts of voluntary agents, is of...

...stated : " It were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one upon another; therefore, it contenteth itself with the...acts by that, without looking to any further degree." Bac. Max. Reg., 1. The case is not analogous to those where, by some public wrong, the plaintiff claims...

...immediate producing cause of the loss. " It were infinite," says Lord Bacon, " for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judge th of acts by that, without looking to any further degree." The general maxim thus explained,...

...maxim of the civil law, " In jure non remota causa sed proxima spectatur," and explains it thus ; " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of...and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any farther degree." This is the rule adopted by the English law, but there is great difficulty in applying...

..." offend against a rule of Lord Bacon, who says, — ' It were " ' infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes, and " ' their impulsions one...by " ' that, without looking to any further degree ' (Bac. Max. " Reg. 1). If that were not so, and a ship was in the " neighbourhood of Etna or Vesuvius...

...Judges who was, I hear, also a great philosopher has said — " It were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes and their impulsions one of another...therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause," Bac. IV. 1. On principle, therefore, and on authority, English and Roman, I take it to be abundantly...

...And he shows the weighty reasons of it also. "It were infinite," he says, " for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...acts- by that without looking to any further degree." -The authorities, we apprehend, do but illustrate the maxim. In Lii'ie v. Janson,* a ship was insured...