 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 978 pages
...escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default, or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God." He then proceeds to give several illustrations of the rule, and amongst them, the case of a person... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 982 pages
...excuse himself by showing that the escape was YULE. « owing to the plaintiff's default ; or, perhaps, that the escape " was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God ; but as " nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to enquire what " excuse would be sufficient. The general... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...escape. He can excuse himself by shewing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default; or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major or the act of God ; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Negligence - 1874 - 960 pages
...He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiirs default ; or, perhaps, that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God ; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule,... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 462 pages
...He can excuse him self by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's defanlt, or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God ; but, as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient." The caso went... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 410 pages
...escape. He can excuse himself by shewing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default, or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God." This passage was cited with approval by Lord Cairns, C., and Lord Cranworth on appeal. (3) (1) Law... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 854 pages
...escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiffs default; or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God; but as nothing of this eort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule,... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 918 pages
...escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default; or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major,...unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient." It appears to us that we have two questions to consider : First, the question of law, which was left... | |
 | Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes - Canals - 1880 - 788 pages
...excuse " ' himself by showing that the escape was owing to the " ' plaintiff's default ; or, perhaps, that the escape was the " ' consequence of vis major, or the act of God ; but as " ' nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to " ' inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general... | |
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... 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. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to... 
