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... Cases Illustrating the Principles of the Law of Torts - Page 421by Francis Reynolds Yonge Radcliffe, Sir John Charles Miles - 1904 - 628 pagesFull view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 978 pages
...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 ho does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural... | |
| Law - 1869 - 492 pages
...lis land and collects and keeps there anything; ikely to do mischief, if it escapee must keep it u at his peril, and if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 804 pages
...brings on his lands, and collects or keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, to keep it in at his peril; and if he does not do so, he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. " Mechem... | |
| Law - 1866 - 722 pages
...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 that if he does not he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the... | |
| Law - 1867 - 378 pages
...Rep. 1 С. Р. Б59. 2. One who for his own purposes brings, collects, and keeps on his land any thing likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and is prima facie answerable for all damage which is the natural result of its escape, without proof of... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Railroad law - 1867 - 744 pages
...that the 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 that if he does not do so, he is primd facie answerable for all the damage which... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...Reservoir over old Coal Working, A person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if...it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prinia facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. The defendant... | |
| Louis Arthur Goodeve - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 982 pages
...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...keep it in " at his peril ; and if he does not do so, he is primd facie answerable (1) 8 CB, NS, 568. 1870 " for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
| Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Law - 1869 - 334 pages
...our learned judges as law, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief, if...if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. The person whose grass or corn is eaten... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Railroad law - 1869 - 796 pages
...thing l1kely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and that if he does not do so, he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which...can excuse himself by showing that the escape was the consequence of eis major, or the act of God ; but, as nothing of the sort exists here, it is unnecessary... | |
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