 | 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
...defendants were liable for the damage sustained by plaintiff. Per Curiain : — " We think the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes,...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 of its escape. The... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 982 pages
...This appears more clearly in Mr. Justice Blackburn's judgment. He says : — " We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, " for his own...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...which they were aware, though they had not ascertained where the shafts went to. We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who, for his own purposes,...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... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Law - 1869 - 334 pages
...immaterial whether the escape is by negligence or not. It has been laid down by our learned judges as law, that the person who for his own purposes brings on...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - Justices of the peace - 1870 - 668 pages
...where he states the opinion of that court as to the law in these words: — " We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes,...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... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 788 pages
...from the judgment delivered by Blackburn, J., in the Exchequer Chamber ("):—"We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who, for his own purposes,...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... | |
 | Francis Hilliard - Remedies (Law) - 1873 - 852 pages
...English case, that one who for his own purposes brings, collects, and keeps on his land any tiling 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.1... | |
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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... 
