 | 1872 - 978 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | 1866 - 722 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1867 - 744 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1868 - 778 pages
...RELEASE. See BANBRUPTCY, (2), Til. RESEKVOIR. Damage from conslructimj Reservoir over old Coal Working, A person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land...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 - 1870 - 982 pages
...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...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 - 1869 - 334 pages
...whether the escape is by negligence or not. It has been laid down by our learned judges as law, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his land...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 - 1869 - 796 pages
...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 any thing l1kely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and that if he does not do... | |
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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 his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable... 
