 | Law reports, digests, etc - 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... | |
 | Law - 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... | |
 | Law - 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 - Railroad law - 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 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 - Justices of the peace - 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 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... | |
 | John Coke Fowler - Coal mines and mining - 1872 - 512 pages
...confirmed the judgment of Mr. Justice Blackburn in the court below. That learned judge said, " We think the rule of law is, that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps anything that is likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at... | |
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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... 
