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... directed or ( h ) Masper and Wife v . Brown , 1 C. P. D. 97. As to the operation of the statute where the person assaulted sub- sequently dies from the effect of the assault , see Reg . v . Morris , L. R. 1 C. C. R. 90 . ( i ) 4 ...
... directed or ( h ) Masper and Wife v . Brown , 1 C. P. D. 97. As to the operation of the statute where the person assaulted sub- sequently dies from the effect of the assault , see Reg . v . Morris , L. R. 1 C. C. R. 90 . ( i ) 4 ...
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... directed to another person , who received and read the letter , it was held privileged in the absence of actual malice on the defendant's part ( r ) . Fair and reasonable criticisms upon the public acts of a person Criticism on filling ...
... directed to another person , who received and read the letter , it was held privileged in the absence of actual malice on the defendant's part ( r ) . Fair and reasonable criticisms upon the public acts of a person Criticism on filling ...
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... directed that every pound throughout the prevail against kingdom shall contain sixteen ounces , a custom that every pound of butter sold in a certain market shall weigh eighteen ounces is bad ( r ) . statute . Prescription is a title ...
... directed that every pound throughout the prevail against kingdom shall contain sixteen ounces , a custom that every pound of butter sold in a certain market shall weigh eighteen ounces is bad ( r ) . statute . Prescription is a title ...
Page 93
... directing the jury that if they believed there had been adverse possession , as of right for more than twenty years ( g ) ... directed to consider them and decide accordingly ( 1 ) . The occasion of the enactment of the Prescription Act is ...
... directing the jury that if they believed there had been adverse possession , as of right for more than twenty years ( g ) ... directed to consider them and decide accordingly ( 1 ) . The occasion of the enactment of the Prescription Act is ...
Page 121
... directed Liability of by the execution creditor , so as to make him liable for the act of sheriff , is a question of fact . It is not within the scope of the agent . implied authority of the solicitor of a judgment creditor issuing a fi ...
... directed Liability of by the execution creditor , so as to make him liable for the act of sheriff , is a question of fact . It is not within the scope of the agent . implied authority of the solicitor of a judgment creditor issuing a fi ...
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A Treatise on Torts: And the Legal Remedies for Their Redress Sydney Hastings No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 6 - ... naturally there, harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property, but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour's, should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property.
Page 389 - When personal injury is caused to an employee who is himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time: 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 51 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 207 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued...
Page 6 - 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 for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 94 - ... right thereto shall be deemed absolute and indefeasible, unless it shall appear that the same was enjoyed by some consent or agreement expressly given or made for that purpose by deed or writing.
Page 390 - In any case where the workman knew of the defect or negligence which caused his injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer or some person superior to himself in the service of the employer, unless he was aware that the employer or such superior already knew of the said defect or negligence.
Page 52 - ... fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 389 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal, points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Page 63 - December 1833, no person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover any land or rent, but within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...