 We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land 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...  Name-Powers - Page 209by John Mews - 1898Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1382 pages
...Associates, 106 Mass. 104, 198, is that " the person, who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do...it in at his peril ; and, if he does not do so, is primd facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape." This rule... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 788 pages
...Chamber ("):—"We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything...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." It is added:... | |
 | John Coke Fowler - Coal mines and mining - 1872 - 512 pages
...that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps anything that is likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and if he does not do so, is primd facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence if it escapes. He can excuse... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 802 pages
...substantially thus: Whoever, for his own purposes, brings on his land, and collects and keeps there any thing likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril. He illustrates this proposition by putting various cases in which a party is damnified without any... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 542 pages
...following language: "We think the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land, and collects and keeps there anything...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. He can excuse... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 496 pages
...found in the opinion of Lord Blackburn, that the person, who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do...it In at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prima Jade answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape." In the Fletcher... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Negligence - 1874 - 960 pages
...liable for the damage so caused, upon the broad doctrine that one who, for his own purposes, brings upon his land, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to' do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is primd facie answerable for all the damage which is the... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - Liability (Law) - 1875 - 976 pages
...is, that he who, for his own purposes, brings on his lands, and collects and keeps there, any thing likely to do mischief, if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and if he does not do so, is prima facie liable for all damages which are the natural consequences of its escape. * * * The person... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 682 pages
...caused it to be flooded. It was held 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 at his peril. The case of Nichols v. Marsland, in 44 LJ Bep. (Ex.), was of a similar kind, but a different... | |
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