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... say . " 19 63 , lines " " " " 23 39 and 15 from foot of page , for " just " read " first . " 88 , note ( n ) , for ... says , " Formerly , when there were forms of action , there would have been little difficulty in determining whether ...
... say . " 19 63 , lines " " " " 23 39 and 15 from foot of page , for " just " read " first . " 88 , note ( n ) , for ... says , " Formerly , when there were forms of action , there would have been little difficulty in determining whether ...
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... says , " Formerly , when there were forms of action , there would have been little difficulty in determining whether an action was founded on contract or tort , but now that the claim is made by a narration of facts , it does not always ...
... says , " Formerly , when there were forms of action , there would have been little difficulty in determining whether an action was founded on contract or tort , but now that the claim is made by a narration of facts , it does not always ...
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... says , " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes and their impulsions one of another ; therefore it con- tenteth itself with the immediate cause , and judgeth of acts by that , without looking to any further degree ...
... says , " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes and their impulsions one of another ; therefore it con- tenteth itself with the immediate cause , and judgeth of acts by that , without looking to any further degree ...
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... says , " Courts of Justice should not allow themselves , in pursuit of perfectly com- plete remedies for all wrongful acts , to transgress the bounds which our law , in a wise consciousness , as I conceive , of its limited powers , has ...
... says , " Courts of Justice should not allow themselves , in pursuit of perfectly com- plete remedies for all wrongful acts , to transgress the bounds which our law , in a wise consciousness , as I conceive , of its limited powers , has ...
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... says , " every injury imports a damage , though it does not cost the party one farthing , and it is impossible to prove the contrary ; for a damage is not merely pecuniary , but an injury imports a damage , when a man is thereby ...
... says , " every injury imports a damage , though it does not cost the party one farthing , and it is impossible to prove the contrary ; for a damage is not merely pecuniary , but an injury imports a damage , when a man is thereby ...
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A Treatise on Torts: And the Legal Remedies for Their Redress Sydney Hastings No preview available - 2015 |
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A Treatise on Torts: And the Legal Remedies for Their Redress Sydney Hastings No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 6 - ... naturally there, harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property, but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour's, should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property.
Page 389 - When personal injury is caused to an employee who is himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time: 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 51 - 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...
Page 207 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued...
Page 6 - We think that the true rule of law 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 so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 94 - ... right thereto shall be deemed absolute and indefeasible, unless it shall appear that the same was enjoyed by some consent or agreement expressly given or made for that purpose by deed or writing.
Page 390 - In any case where the workman knew of the defect or negligence which caused his injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer or some person superior to himself in the service of the employer, unless he was aware that the employer or such superior already knew of the said defect or negligence.
Page 52 - ... fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 389 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal, points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Page 63 - December 1833, no person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover any land or rent, but within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...