 If I am the owner of an animal in which by law the right of property can exist, I am bound to take care that it does not stray into the land of my neighbour ; and I am liable for any trespass it may commit, and for the ordinary consequences of that trespass....  Essays in Jurisprudence and Legal History - Page 153by Sir John William Salmond - 1891 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 570 pages
...general rule of law to be perfectly plain. If I am the owner of an animal in which by law the right of property can exist, I am bound to take care that...the owner of it may have a property in it which is recognisable by law.(rt) For instance, if a man's cattle, or sheep, or poults, stray into his neighbour's... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Railroad law - 1867 - 744 pages
...neighbor ; and I am liable for any trespass it may commit, and for the ordinary consequences of the trespass. Whether or not the escape of the animal...is due to my -negligence is altogether immaterial.' So in the case of May v. Burdett (9 QB 101 ; 10 Jur. 692), the court, after an elaborate examination... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...an animal in which by the law the right of property can exist, I am bound to take care that it docs not stray into the land of my neighbour, and I am...is due to my negligence is altogether immaterial." So in May v. Burdett (b) the Court, after an elaborate examination of the old precedents and authorities,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1909 - 672 pages
...Williams, J., in Cox v. Burbidge 3 says: " If I am the owner of an animal in which by law the right of property can exist, I am bound to take care that...is due to my negligence is altogether immaterial." This it may be noted leaves 1 5 CB 622 (1848). Cf. Thomas v. Morgan, 2 Cr. M. & R. 496. 2 5 CB 633.... | |
 | Robert Campbell - Annotations and citations (Law) - 1894 - 868 pages
...perfectly plain. If I am the owner of nn animal in which by law the right of property can exist, I ain bound to take care that it does not stray into the...of the animal is due to my negligence is altogether Ho. 5. — Fletcher v. Bylands. immaterial." So in May v. Burdett, 9 QB at p. 112, the court, after... | |
 | Thomas Beven - Negligence - 1895 - 1072 pages
...Williams, J., in Cox v. Burbidge,6 says ; " If I am the owner of an animal in which by law the right of property can exist, I am bound to take care that...is due to my negligence is altogether immaterial." Again, in Ellis v. Loftus Iron Company,6 where there was an iron fence on the plaintiffs land, not1... | |
 | Francis Reynolds Yonge Radcliffe, Sir John Charles Miles - Torts - 1904 - 648 pages
...general rule of law to be perfectly plain. If I am the owner of an animal in which by law the right of property can exist, I am bound to take care that...is due to my negligence is altogether immaterial.' So in May v. Burdett 8 , the Court, after an elaborate 1 2 Ld. Raym. 1089; I Salk. 360. J 13 CB (N.... | |
 | James Barr Ames, Jeremiah Smith - Torts - 1909 - 760 pages
...of property can exist, I am bound to take care that it does not stray into the land of my neighbor, and I am liable for any trespass it may commit, and...is due to my negligence is altogether immaterial." So in May v. Burdett, 9 Q! B. 112 (ECLR vol. 42), the Court, after an elaborate examination of the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1090 pages
...of property can exist, I am bound to take care that it does not stray into the land of my neighbor; and I am liable for any trespass it may commit, and...have a property in it which is recognizable by law." Then the judgment of Willes, J., is to the like effect. "The important circumstance in this case is... | |
 | Francis Hermann Bohlen - Torts - 1925 - 1312 pages
...trespass it niAy luinmit, -and" for the ordinary consequences of that trespass. Whether ''6f~TioT'the escape of the animal is due to my negligence is altogether immaterial. So in May V. Burdctt, 9 QB 112, the Court, after an elaborate examination of the old precedents and... | |
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