Cheffings v. Hines

In. the case of Atchison etc. Ry. Co. v. Calhoun, 213 U. S. 1, 7 (53 L. Ed. 671, 29 Sup. Ct. *87Rep. 321, 322, see, also, Rose’s U. S. Notes), it was aptly observed by Mr. Justice Moody that:

“Few questions have more frequently come before the courts than that whether a particular mischief • was the result of a particular default. It would not be useful to examine the numerous decisions in which this question has received consideration, for no case exactly resembles another, and slight differences of facts may be of great importance. * * The law, in its practical administration, in cases of this…