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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
The Antiquity of Torts:-The Recency of Text Books on Torts...
Beginning of Modern Theory of Torts..
Indefiniteness of the Term....
Non-Contract Law.....
Thou Shalt Do no Hurt to Thy Neighbor.
Other Attempts at Simplification..
Tort may be Negative.-Innkeeper..
Tort may Violate Right in Personam.
Right of guest against Innkeeper...
Right of Shipper...
Agent as Tort Feasor...
Torts Springing out of Contract.....
CHAPTER II.
NATURE OF A TORT.
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The distinction between a tort and a breach of contract.
§ 1. HARM MUST BE UNLAWFUL..
Arrest of Innocent Person.
§ 2. DEFAMATION BY LEGISLATORS.
§ 3. JUDICIAL OFFICERS' EXEMPTION.
Judges of Inferior Courts....
Arbitrators: Military and Naval Courts.
Quasi-Judicial Officers.......
§ 4. HARMS INFLICTED BY ACTS OF STATE....
Liability of Government Officials to Fellow Citizens.
Acts of Military and Naval Officers....
§ 5. HARMS DONE UNDER THE POLICE POWER.
Harms Inflicted by Neighboring Land Owners..
Legalizing Nuisances-Britain...
In the United States.
Taking Private Property....
Destruction of Property Under the Police Power.
§ 6. DEFENSE OF SELF AND PROPERTY.
Inevitable Accident....
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Assumption of Risk as an Absolvent from Statutory Duty...
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Violation of Sunday Laws.....
Illegal Conduct an Element in the Cause of Action..
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Mental Anguish Accompanying Actionable Defamation.
Soliciting Sexual Intercourse.
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Worry and Fright Caused by Defendant's Misconduct....
Counties, Parishes, Townships, School Districts..
Quasi-Municipal Corporations...
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Cities, Villages, and Special Incorporated Towns.
Non-Liability of City.....
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Legislative, Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Powers..
Statutory Liability of Municipal Corporations..
Liability of Municipality as Property Owner..
Liability of Municipal Officers and Servants.
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The Master's Liability for the Servant's Tort. Its Basis.... 130
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Acts not Within the Particular Servant's Course of Employ-
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Acts not Done in the Master's Business..
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Willful, Malicious and Fraudulent Acts of Servant....
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False Imprisonment and Malicious Prosecution by Servant... 154
Master's Liability for Torts of Servant, which are not in the