| 1872 - 978 pages
...approved by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cairns) when the case came before the House of Lords (12) : " 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... | |
| 1869 - 492 pages
...states the opinion of that court as to the law in these words : "We think that the true rule of the law is that the person who for his own purposes, brings on lis land and collects and keeps there anything; ikely to do mischief, if it escapee must keep it u... | |
| 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 - 1910 - 804 pages
...whole performance over to a contractor. Of the same nature is the duty which the law imposes upon every person, who, for his own purposes, 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... | |
| 1866 - 722 pages
...177, that defendants were liable for the damage sustained by plaintiff. Per Curiain : — " 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 likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1867 - 744 pages
...which they were aware, though they had not ascertained where the shafts led to. " We think 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... | |
| Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1870 - 982 pages
...tenancy between them. This appears more clearly in Mr. Justice Blackburn's judgment. He says : — " 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... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1868 - 778 pages
...of the existence of which they were aware, though they had not ascertained where the shafts went to. 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... | |
| Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - 1870 - 672 pages
...of Exchequer Chamber, where lie states the opinion of that court as to the law in these words: — "We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land aud collects and keeps there anything likely to do niiichief, if it escapes must keep it in at... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1907 - 1382 pages
...3 HL 330, 339, 340, and approved by this court in Shipley v. Fifty 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 mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and, if he does not do... | |
| Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - 1872 - 788 pages
...approved by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cairns), when the case came before the House of Lords ( 2 ): "-"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 likfily to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at... | |
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