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 peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable... The American Law Register and Review - Page 941894Full view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 978 pages
...156), " We think the true rule of »law is that the person who for his own purposes brings on his own land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and that if he does not do so, he is prima facie answerable for all the damage, which... | |
| Law - 1866 - 722 pages
...plaintiff. Per Curiain : — " We think the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything...mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and that if he does not he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Railroad law - 1867 - 744 pages
...where the shafts led to. " We think that the rule of law is, that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything...mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and that if he does not do so, he is primd facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
| Francis Hilliard - Damages - 1867 - 664 pages
...held in a late English case, that one who for his own purposes brings, collects, and keeps on his land anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and, without proof of negligence, is primd facie liable for all damage naturally resulting from its escape.7... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...RESEKVOIR. Damage from conslructimj Reservoir over old Coal Working, 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 in at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prinia facie answerable for all the damage which is... | |
| Louis Arthur Goodeve - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 982 pages
...He says : — " 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...likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in " at his peril ; and if he does not do so, he is primd facie answerable (1) 8 CB, NS, 568. 1870... | |
| Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Law - 1869 - 334 pages
...or not. It has been laid down by our learned judges as law, 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 peril, and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for the damage which is the natural... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Railroad law - 1869 - 796 pages
...person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there any thing l1kely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and that if he does not do so, he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
| Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - Justices of the peace - 1870 - 668 pages
...these words: — " 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 peril, and if he does not do so is /iriiiia far.it answerable for all the damage which is... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1382 pages
...Associates, 106 Mass. 104, 198, 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 primd facie answerable for all the damage which is... | |
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