Cases on the Law of Torts, Volume 2Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1915 - Torts |
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Page 892
... arrest them , and take them before a magistrate or peace officer . On the other hand , if the defendant and his party had rea- shall pardon if he will , ” see as to this subject Pollock and Maitland , History of the English Law , Vol ...
... arrest them , and take them before a magistrate or peace officer . On the other hand , if the defendant and his party had rea- shall pardon if he will , ” see as to this subject Pollock and Maitland , History of the English Law , Vol ...
Page 965
... don , 56 Vt . 111 ( 1883 ) , arrest on a warrant issued upon a complaint showing on its face that the statute of limitation had run on the offense charged . be brought before him to answer the said complaint ; GROVE V. VAN DUYN . 965.
... don , 56 Vt . 111 ( 1883 ) , arrest on a warrant issued upon a complaint showing on its face that the statute of limitation had run on the offense charged . be brought before him to answer the said complaint ; GROVE V. VAN DUYN . 965.
Page 966
... arrested by a constable , on such warrant , and being brought before such justice , and having waived on examina- tion , were by him committed to the jail of the county for the cause mentioned in the complaint , to await the action of ...
... arrested by a constable , on such warrant , and being brought before such justice , and having waived on examina- tion , were by him committed to the jail of the county for the cause mentioned in the complaint , to await the action of ...
Page 967
... arrest to be made under his warrant on a complaint which does not contain the charge of a crime cognizable by him , he is answerable in an action for the injury that has ensued . But I think these cases are deflections from the correct ...
... arrest to be made under his warrant on a complaint which does not contain the charge of a crime cognizable by him , he is answerable in an action for the injury that has ensued . But I think these cases are deflections from the correct ...
Page 968
... arrest and trial of a party charged with such act , . . . no personal liability to civil action for such acts would attach to the judge , although those acts would be in excess of his jurisdiction , or of the jurisdiction of the court ...
... arrest and trial of a party charged with such act , . . . no personal liability to civil action for such acts would attach to the judge , although those acts would be in excess of his jurisdiction , or of the jurisdiction of the court ...
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Page 1130 - For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.
Page 1292 - In solving doubts, the maxim sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas [use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another...
Page 1141 - In such cases, the occasion prevents the inference of malice, which the law draws from unauthorized communications, and affords a qualified defence depending upon the absence of actual malice. If fairly warranted by any reasonable occasion or exigency, and honestly made, such communications are protected for the common convenience and welfare of society; and the law has not restricted the right to make them within any narrow limits.
Page 1331 - ... whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be really public, shall be a judicial question, and determined as such without regard to any legislative assertion that the use is public.
Page 1154 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill will against a person, but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse. If I give a perfect stranger a blow likely to produce death, I do it of malice, because I do it intentionally and without just cause or excuse.
Page 1090 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious unless it is 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 1068 - In Byam v. Collins, 111 NY 143, it is said: 'A libelous communication is regarded as privileged, if made bona fide, upon any subject-matter in which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty...
Page 1230 - ... might and scope of combination. It seems to me futile to set our faces against this tendency. Whether beneficial on the whole, as I think it, or detrimental, it is inevitable, unless the fundamental axioms of society, and even the fundamental conditions of life, are to be changed.
Page 47 - The true rule, I apprehend, is to hold the corporation liable for negligence in respect to such acts and duties as it is required to perform as master, without regard to the rank or title of the agent intrusted with their performance. As to such acts, the agent occupies the place of the corporation, and the latter is liable for the manner in which they are performed.
Page 1230 - One of the eternal conflicts out of which life is made up is that between the effort of every man to get the most he can for his services, and that of society, disguised under the name of 'capital,' to get his services for the least possible return.