We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable... The Central Law Journal - Page 2431920Full view - About this book
| Law - 1875 - 462 pages
...the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his own land, and collects and keeps there, any thing likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at hia peril; and that, if he does not do so, he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 854 pages
...in Fletcher v. Ry lands, L. K,, 1 Ex 279, 280, 281, 282 : " We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands, and collects and keeps there, any thing likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and if he does not do... | |
| Charles Greenstreet Addison - Torts - 1876 - 832 pages
...against the owner of the higher mine(c) ; for a person who for his own purposes brings upon his land, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, such as water or cattle, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
| Charles Greenstreet Addison - Torts - 1876 - 874 pages
...(N. Y ) 204. » . of the higher mine; (c) for aperson who for his own puiposes brings uport his land, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, such as water or cattle, is prinoa facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
| Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 916 pages
...judgment in Fletcher v. Rylands ("), delivered by Blackburn, J. : " We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on...in at his peril, and if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself... | |
| Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Exchequer Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 524 pages
...laid down by Mr. Justice Blackburn in the Exchequer Chamber (3):—" We think the true rule of law is that the person who for his own purposes brings on...likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable fur all the damage which is the natural... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 882 pages
...a general ground, for the court said : •' Wa Marshall v. Wehvood. think the true rule of law is, that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his lands arid collects and keeps there any thing likely to do mischief, if it escapes, must keep it in at his... | |
| Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 918 pages
...by Bramwell, B., states the finding (8) Law Rep., 1 Ex., at p. 279. 1876 NiclioU v. Marsland. poses brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything...likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable tor all the' damage which is the... | |
| Sir Arthur Underhill - Torts - 1878 - 368 pages
...defendant to be liable, on the ground that "a person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at Ms peril, and if he does not do so is prima facie responsible for all the damage which is the natural... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 702 pages
...HL 330, 339, 340, and approved by this court in Shipley v. Fifty Associates, 106 Mass. 194, 198, is that " the person, who for his own purposes brings...it in at his peril ; and, if he does not do so, is pritnd facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape." This rule... | |
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