A Treatise on the Law of Torts: Or the Wrongs which Arise Independent of Contract |
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... effect . Morse v . Welton , 6 Conn . 547 ; At- wood v . Holcomb , 39 Conn . 270 ; Wol- cott v . Rickey , 22 Iowa , 172 ; Mason v . Hutchins , 32 Vt . 780 ; Hall v . Hall , 44 N. H. 293. 2. By the father re- fusing to care and provide ...
... effect . Morse v . Welton , 6 Conn . 547 ; At- wood v . Holcomb , 39 Conn . 270 ; Wol- cott v . Rickey , 22 Iowa , 172 ; Mason v . Hutchins , 32 Vt . 780 ; Hall v . Hall , 44 N. H. 293. 2. By the father re- fusing to care and provide ...
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... effect , the child at the common law had no remedy whatever . Some steps have recently been taken by statute for the compulsory education of children ; but the duty which statutes impose in that direction is imposed as a duty to the ...
... effect , the child at the common law had no remedy whatever . Some steps have recently been taken by statute for the compulsory education of children ; but the duty which statutes impose in that direction is imposed as a duty to the ...
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... effect a step- father is not bound to support step- children . Smith v . Rogers , 24 Kan . 140 ; McMahill v . McMahill , 113 Ill . 461 ; In re Besondy , 32 Minn . 385 ; Norton v . Ailor , 11 Lea , 563. But step children and adopted ...
... effect a step- father is not bound to support step- children . Smith v . Rogers , 24 Kan . 140 ; McMahill v . McMahill , 113 Ill . 461 ; In re Besondy , 32 Minn . 385 ; Norton v . Ailor , 11 Lea , 563. But step children and adopted ...
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... effect punished for a crime , and there can be no punishment with- out deprivation of rights . " And again : " It might seem that a man who , in self - defense , takes away the life of a robber , does an injury to another . The true ...
... effect punished for a crime , and there can be no punishment with- out deprivation of rights . " And again : " It might seem that a man who , in self - defense , takes away the life of a robber , does an injury to another . The true ...
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... effect , and is therefore presumed to have been in the contemplation of the par- ties . It forms a part of the contract of sale . The seller cannot deprive the purchaser of his property , or drive him to an action for its recovery , by ...
... effect , and is therefore presumed to have been in the contemplation of the par- ties . It forms a part of the contract of sale . The seller cannot deprive the purchaser of his property , or drive him to an action for its recovery , by ...
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Page 301 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 679 - We think that the true rule of law 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 prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 310 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default, is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages, in respect thereof...
Page 338 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 148 - That an act done for another, by a person, not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him, is the known and well established rule of law.
Page 31 - ... No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law, than the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law. As well said by Judge Cooley, " The right to one's person may be said to be a right of complete immunity : to be let alone.
Page 330 - It is a part of every man's civil rights that he be left at liberty to refuse business relations with any person whomsoever, whether the refusal rests upon reason, or is the result of whim, caprice, prejudice or malice.
Page 96 - An act which does not amount to a legal injury cannot be actionable because it is done with a bad Intent.
Page 584 - Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial; for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe to be true, is equally, in morals and law, as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.
Page 310 - ... the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...