 If a person brings or accumulates on his land anything which, if it should escape, may cause damage to his neighbour, he does so at his peril If it does escape, and cause damage, he is responsible, however careful he may have been, and whatever precautions...  Name-Powers - Page 53by John Mews - 1898Full view - About this book
 | Viktor Knapp - Comparative law - 1983 - 820 pages
...was made with the famous case of Rylands v. Fletcher."6 By this case, the doctrine was kid down that "if a person brings or accumulates on his land anything...which, if it should escape, may cause damage to his neighbours, he does so at his peril. If it does escape and cause damage, he is responsible, however... | |
 | Marie-Louise Larsson - Law - 1999 - 696 pages
...elaborated by Lord Cranworth who in addition based his argument on the maxim sic utere tuo and concluded727: "If a person brings or accumulates on his land anything...neighbour, he does so at his peril. If it does escape and cause damage, he is responsible, however careful he may have been, and whatever precautions he may... | |
 | Lawrence O. Gostin - Law - 2000 - 524 pages
...Claims Act waives sovereign immunity for claims of government negligence, but not strict liability.59 his land anything which, if it should escape, may cause damage to his neighbour, he does so at his periL"40 Thus, if a nonnatural substance "does escape, and causes damage, he is responsible, however... | |
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