 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 978 pages
...Rylands v. Fletcher, 37 Law J. Rep. (ns) Exch. 161 ; sc Law Rep. 3 HL 336. into the shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and thence into the plaintiffs' mine, and there did the mischief. The rule of law applicable to such a state of facts is... | |
 | Law - 1865 - 646 pages
...the plaintiff. When the rescr" Toir was filled, the water burst into the ancient shafts, and flowed through them into the old workings, and thence into the plaintiff's mine, where the mischief complained of was done. Hud (reversing the judgment of the Court of Exchequer),... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...water, burst into the shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and thence into plaintiff's mine, and there did the mischief. The...was the consequence of some default for which the defendant is responsible. The question of law therefore arises: What is the obligation which the law... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 788 pages
...shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, * Dunn v. Birmingham Canal Co. 1873 and thence into the plaintiff's mine, and there did the mischief. The rule of law applicable to such a state of facts is thus expressed by Blackburn, J., in delivering the... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey, John Henry Truman - Joinder of parties - 1879 - 586 pages
...question what was the right of A. against them. The question at issue is thus stated by the court: — " The plaintiff, though free from all blame on his part,...bear the loss, unless he can establish that it was th j consequence of some default for which the defendants are responsible. The question of law, therefore,... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey - Parties to actions - 1886 - 586 pages
...question what was the right of A. against them. The question at issue is thus stated by the court: — " The plaintiff, though free from all blame on his part,...bear the loss, unless he can establish that it was thconsequence of some default for which the defendants are responsible. The question of law, therefore,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 988 pages
...The consequence was, that the reservoir, when filled with water, burst into the shafts ; the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and...the plaintiff's mine, and there did the mischief. " We think that the true rule of law is," says BLACKBURN, J., " that the person who for his own purposes... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 1004 pages
...blame. The consequence was that the reservoir, when filled with water, burst into the shafts. Th= water flowed down through them, into the old workings, and thence into the plaintiff's mine, aud there did the mischief. ' We think that the true rule of law is,' says BLACKBURN, J., 'that the... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Torts - 1890 - 694 pages
...shafts. The consequence was that the reservoir when filled with water burst into the shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and...plaintiff, though free from all blame on his part, imist bear the loss unless he can establish that it was the consequence of some default for which the... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Torts - 1894 - 842 pages
...shafts. The consequence was that the reservoir when filled with water burst into the shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and...plaintiff's mine, and there did the mischief. " The plaim iff, though free from all blame on his part, must bear the loss unless he can establish that... | |
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... them, to provide for the sufficiency of the reservoir with reference to these shafts. The consequence was that the reservoir when filled with water burst into the shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and thence into the... 
