Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1912 |
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... charge of under due care and treatment , in that behalf did cause the plaintiff to be so taken charge of and detained under due care and treatment , etc. etc. The third plea was the stinger , but too long to cite verbatim ; it went to ...
... charge of under due care and treatment , in that behalf did cause the plaintiff to be so taken charge of and detained under due care and treatment , etc. etc. The third plea was the stinger , but too long to cite verbatim ; it went to ...
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... charge given . Tim E. Cooper , for plaintiff in error . J. M. Boone , for defendant in error . Before PARDEE , MCCORMICK , and SHELBY , Circuit Judges . SHELBY , Circuit Judge , after stating the case as above , delivered the opinion of ...
... charge given . Tim E. Cooper , for plaintiff in error . J. M. Boone , for defendant in error . Before PARDEE , MCCORMICK , and SHELBY , Circuit Judges . SHELBY , Circuit Judge , after stating the case as above , delivered the opinion of ...
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... charge , the judge said : " The first question which arises in this case is , was or was not this building , thus taken down by the mayor , a nuisance ? . . . If you find it to be a nuisance , then I say that the defendant must justify ...
... charge , the judge said : " The first question which arises in this case is , was or was not this building , thus taken down by the mayor , a nuisance ? . . . If you find it to be a nuisance , then I say that the defendant must justify ...
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... charge of the learned judge , has found these buildings to be of that character . The city of Philadelphia was the owner of large and valuable prop- erty in their neighborhood . Any hour of the day or night they were in danger of being ...
... charge of the learned judge , has found these buildings to be of that character . The city of Philadelphia was the owner of large and valuable prop- erty in their neighborhood . Any hour of the day or night they were in danger of being ...
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... charge of her , in having removed from the bridge the ladder usually leading therefrom to the deck , and in leaving ... charged to the libellant's own fault all his pain and suffering and all mere consequential damages , and charged the ...
... charge of her , in having removed from the bridge the ladder usually leading therefrom to the deck , and in leaving ... charged to the libellant's own fault all his pain and suffering and all mere consequential damages , and charged the ...
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action affirmed alleged appear appellee arrest assault authority cause of action character charge CHARLES VINER Circuit Court circumstances committed common law complainant contributory negligence corporation counsel criminal damages danger declaration defendant liable defendant's demurrer discharge doctrine duty employees enter entitled evidence execution exercise fact false imprisonment felony Gaubertin ground guilty held injury interest issue judge judgment judicial jurisdiction jury justice justify killed land libel liberty Lord Lord MANSFIELD magistrate malicious malicious prosecution Manawyddan matter ment necessary nonsuit North Briton nuisance offence officer opinion ordinary owner party peace person plaintiff in error plea pleaded police premises present principle privileged probable cause proceedings prosecution protection punishment purpose question railroad reason recover refused replevin rule servant slander statute SUPREME COURT thing tiff tion Torts trespass trial unlawful verdict warrant witness words writ wrong
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Page 444 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 358 - An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall /not be actionable on the ground only that it induces some other person to break a contract of employment...
Page 482 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
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Page 94 - Act to' recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
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Page 455 - In such cases the occasion prevents the inference of malice which the law draws from unauthorized communications, and affords a qualified defense depending upon the absence of actual malice. If fairly warranted by any reasonable occasion or exigency, and honestly made, such communications are protected for the common convenience and welfare of society; and the law has not restricted the right to make them within any narrow limits.
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