CARLSON v. A. & P. Corrugated Box Corp.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

This appeal is based upon two contentions:— (1) that defendant’s negligence did not cause any damage to plaintiff that would not have occurred even if such negligence had not existed and therefore it was not a proximate cause of plaintiff’s injury; (2) that, even if defendant’s negligence did cause damage to plaintiff that would not otherwise have occurred, defendant should be held liable only for such part of the damage as was caused by defendant’s negligence alone.

The facts are these: — Plaintiff was a resident of the Borough of Austin in Potter County,…