Wrongs and Their Remedies: Being a Treatise on the Law of Torts

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Stevens and Sons, 1873 - Torts - 1179 pages

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Contents

Of the right and burthen of Of the flooding of lands from artificial
68
Abridgment of the right and servitude of Of the plea of leave and licence
74
OF CONVENTIONAL AND PRESCRIPTIVE SERVITUDESEASEMENTS
79
Privileges and servitudes which pass
86
Servitude of support from one house
92
Where the grant is of a liberty license
99
Common appendant
105
What sort of enjoyment is essential to of incorporeal rights 144160
144
Exclusion from the computation of the plaintiffs lights or privileged windows
150
Disuse of right to water ib for the infringement of incorporeal
156
Nuisances from the nonrepair of or from
162
Injuries to animals from dogtraps
168
Obstructions in public thoroughfares
174
Ruinous partywalls
180
Abatement of nuisances
194
Pulling down ruinous houses adjoining Injunction to prevent the continuance
217
Parties to be made plaintiffs ib No particular time of enjoyment is neces
223
CHAPTER V
230
SECTION IOf injuries to lands and Lessee for term of years without
237
Waste by taming and reclaiming deer ib Landlords fixtures
244
Right of purchasers or mortgagees
246
Injuries from gunpowder and explosive
252
Effect of acquiescence in the commission
261
Destruction of crops by rabbits
267
Of the right to the soil of accommodation of the period of enjoyment
301
Right of property in boundarywalls and Proof of pleas of justification
307
Of pleas of justification of trespass ib Apportionment of damages as between
313
SECTION LOf trespass and conversion of Title by purchase from the sheriff
342
What is a sufficient demand and refusal Title of trustee in bankruptcy to property
348
Right of lien ib Goods and chattels which have never
354
Title to chattels by gift 336
360
What may be given in evidence under the terest in the goods
376
Of trespasses and injuries Negligence of masters causing injury
397
Liability of the master for the negligence Negligence of attorneys and solicitors
403
Collisions with foreign ships 392 Actions at law and proceedings in
409
Negligent navigation causing personal in Direct and consequential injuries
415
Declarations for injuries from negligence Damages not too remote
416
CHAPTER IX
425
Losses occasioned by the negligence of
433
stations ib Parties to be made plaintiffs
452
Ordinary lien of workmen and artificers Plea of nondetinet
458
Loss of goods by common carriers 470 SECTION II Negligence of common inn
473
Of the fixing up of notices required by Duty of the innkeeper to protect
496
Inability of railway and canal companies gligence and breach of duty 504516
504
Acceptance of goods and passengers to be Proof of felony by a carriers servants
511
When there is no certain ascertained
519
Distress by executors and administrators
525
Statutory exemption from distress
531
Of unlawful distress when no rent
537
Not guilty by statute 599 Proof of an arrest and imprisonment
606
SECTION LOf malicious conspiracy Maliciously issuing execution for a larger
622
Continuance by defendant of proceedings
628
Exemption of judges from actions in re Seizure of the goods of the wrong person
652
Orders of commitment by countycourt name
658
Duties and responsibilities of the sheriff bailiff bailiffs and registrars of
664
Of the staying of proceedings in actions
669
Recovery of treble damages for extortion
675
CHAPTER XV
682
SECTION IOf trespasses and injuries Wrongful proceedings by justices inte
688
Liability of justices for acts done by them Statutory provisions respecting summary
694
Ouster of the jurisdiction of justices by SECTION II Exemption of constables
698
Exemption of justices from liability face of the notice 728
712
Proof by the plaintiff of his demand
732
Duties and responsibilities of boards
738
Pollution of streams and injuries to docks
744
Remedy in cases of severance
761
Tender of amends before action
767
Parties to be made defendants 767 injury from the execution of statutory
769
SECTION IOf libel and written slander communications to a wrong party
791
Criminatory pastoral letters and printed
797
Privileged charges of felony made bonĂ¢ libelInterpretation of the words used
806
Privileged statements and comments by point the libel charged in the declara
823
Declarations for libel and slander ib Proof of libels by the plaintiff on
829
Of wilful deceit 834 knows that he has no knowledge at
837
Adultery and desertion on the part of the Payment of costs 905
887
Connivance or toleration of adultery ib inducing them to live apart from their
905
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery his parental duties
911
Evidence in mitigation of damages 913 or neglect the fulfilment of a contract
914
Actions by married women after a judicial Actions against the executor of a preben
923
Of actions ex delicto and the Amendment of nonjoinder and misjoinder
944
Of actions in the county court 947 question
951
Admiralty jurisdiction 953 Pleas of the Statute of Limitations
970
Plea of not guilty 958 Proof on the part of the plaintiff
976
Lien of shipmasters ib Assessment of damages where the whole
980
Payment of money into court by way of Entries made by deceased persons in
982
Recovery of judgment in rem ib Admissions of liability
988
Expense of obtaining legal advice 993 he is legally entitled to
995
Exemplary and vindictive damages ib Award of costs to a successful plaintiff
1006
Costs to a successful defendant 1006 in the execution of statutory powers
1007
Costs on a stay of proceedings 1008 for the Protection of Property from
1020
Costs in the superior courts in actions Costs of prosecutions
1027
Effect of laches and delay in applying for The writ of prohibition
1037
Prohibition to the ecclesiastical courts 1040 Where the inferior court has jurisdiction
1041
The writ of prohibition to restrain a Where the inferior court has no jurisdic
1048
The prerogative writ of mandamus 1053 compensation for lands taken or inju ries inflicted upon private persons
1054
A mandamus to restore a public officer to Service of the writ
1061
Mandamus to make calls
1068
Actions in which a claim for a mandamus panies
1081

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