 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
 | Eugene Wambaugh - Contracts - 1894 - 576 pages
..."We think that the true rule of law is that the 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 in at his own peril; and if he does not do so. isprima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 1120 pages
...We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purpose, brings on his land 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, frima facie, answerable for all the damage which is the... | |
 | Theodore Minot Clark - Architects - 1894 - 432 pages
...follows : " The general " rule of law is that the 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 his peril; '• and if he does not do so, is, prima facie, answerable for all " the damage which... | |
 | Theodore Minot Clark - Architects - 1894 - 424 pages
...follows: " The general " rule of law is that the 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 his peril; '' and if he does not do so, is, prima facie, answerable for all " the damage which is... | |
 | Robert Campbell - Annotations and citations (Law) - 1894 - 868 pages
...NICOLLS v. MARSLAND. (c. A. from Ex. 1876.) RULE. THE person who for his own purposes brings on his land, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, is primd facie answerable, if it escapes, for all the damage which is the natural consequence. So that... | |
 | Francis Marion Burdick - Torts - 1895 - 628 pages
...says in Fletcher v. Rylands, LR 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...it' in at his peril, and if he does not do so, is prlma facie answerable for all the damage which is-the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse... | |
 | Thomas Beven - Negligence - 1895 - 1072 pages
...land and collects and chamber keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, the^ouse Of must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, Lordsis primd facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He... | |
 | William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 734 pages
...Exch. 265, wherein the principle was enunciated that one who for his own purposes brings upon his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. It will... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 744 pages
...at p. 801 ; LR [1 Ex.] 265, at p. 279), where it is said : ' We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings...at his peril : and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damages which is the natural consequence of its escape.' This statement... | |
 | William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 942 pages
...correct principle applicable to cases of this character : " ' We think that the true rule of law is. that the person who, for his own purposes, brings...at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the Harrison Circuit Court. natural consequence of its... | |
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