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| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1074 pages
...The principle there announced was, that "the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his lands, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do...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; and although... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1062 pages
...The principle there announced was, that "the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his lands, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do...keep it in at his peril, and if he does not do so, ia prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape; and although... | |
| Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1893 - 472 pages
...these words : ' 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 at his peril ; and if he does not do so, he is prima facie answerable for all damage which is the natural... | |
| Frederick Pollock - Torts - 1894 - 842 pages
...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...it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if it does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of... | |
| Eugene Wambaugh - Contracts - 1894 - 576 pages
...these words: "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...do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his own peril; and if he does not do so. isprima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural... | |
| Electronic journals - 1894 - 1120 pages
...following ground : " We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purpose, brings on 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, frima facie, answerable for all the damage which is the... | |
| Theodore Minot Clark - Architects - 1894 - 432 pages
...court as follows : " The general " 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 at his peril; '• and if he does not do so, is, prima facie, answerable for all " the damage which... | |
| Theodore Minot Clark - Architects - 1894 - 424 pages
...court as follows: " The general " 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 at his peril; '' and if he does not do so, is, prima facie, answerable for all " the damage which is... | |
| Robert Campbell - Annotations and citations (Law) - 1894 - 868 pages
...6.— NICOLLS v. MARSLAND. (c. A. from Ex. 1876.) RULE. THE person who for his own purposes brings on his land, and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, is primd facie answerable, if it escapes, for all the damage which is the natural consequence. So that... | |
| Law - 1894 - 388 pages
...case is generally cited as deciding 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; and if he does so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural... | |
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