Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1912 - Torts |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 33
... tiff , and defendant appeals . Reversed . Sampson & Barre , for appellant . W. D. Fast and A. L. Guernsey , for appellee . MOORE , J. August 11 , 1897 , John Barger , at the request of the de- fendant , shot two dogs , one of which ...
... tiff , and defendant appeals . Reversed . Sampson & Barre , for appellant . W. D. Fast and A. L. Guernsey , for appellee . MOORE , J. August 11 , 1897 , John Barger , at the request of the de- fendant , shot two dogs , one of which ...
Page 38
... securing said check . " The jury being so instructed , returned a ver- dict for the plaintiff , and assessed the damages at $ 1 . The plain- tiff brings the case to this court , and assigns 38 No. 580 III . THE EXCUSE ELEMENT.
... securing said check . " The jury being so instructed , returned a ver- dict for the plaintiff , and assessed the damages at $ 1 . The plain- tiff brings the case to this court , and assigns 38 No. 580 III . THE EXCUSE ELEMENT.
Page 39
With Notes, and a Summary of Principles John Henry Wigmore. tiff brings the case to this court , and assigns as error that the Court erred in the charge given . Tim E. Cooper , for plaintiff in error . J. M. Boone , for defendant in ...
With Notes, and a Summary of Principles John Henry Wigmore. tiff brings the case to this court , and assigns as error that the Court erred in the charge given . Tim E. Cooper , for plaintiff in error . J. M. Boone , for defendant in ...
Page 71
... tiff . She carried it to him , and he broke it open , and read it aloud in her presence . A motion was made for a nonsuit , 1st . Because the expressions contained in the letter were not actionable by themselves , without special damage ...
... tiff . She carried it to him , and he broke it open , and read it aloud in her presence . A motion was made for a nonsuit , 1st . Because the expressions contained in the letter were not actionable by themselves , without special damage ...
Page 91
... tiff , from the negligent running of their cars . The case was submitted to a special jury on the appeal , who found for the plaintiff $ 7,000 . Whereupon , defendant moved for a new trial , which the presiding Judge refused , and ...
... tiff , from the negligent running of their cars . The case was submitted to a special jury on the appeal , who found for the plaintiff $ 7,000 . Whereupon , defendant moved for a new trial , which the presiding Judge refused , and ...
Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
| 13 | |
| 19 | |
| 29 | |
| 35 | |
| 41 | |
| 48 | |
| 515 | |
| 517 | |
| 524 | |
| 525 | |
| 526 | |
| 527 | |
| 528 | |
| 531 | |
| 58 | |
| 67 | |
| 75 | |
| 82 | |
| 83 | |
| 90 | |
| 118 | |
| 131 | |
| 137 | |
| 144 | |
| 150 | |
| 156 | |
| 164 | |
| 165 | |
| 171 | |
| 172 | |
| 173 | |
| 174 | |
| 175 | |
| 176 | |
| 179 | |
| 180 | |
| 182 | |
| 183 | |
| 184 | |
| 185 | |
| 187 | |
| 188 | |
| 189 | |
| 194 | |
| 195 | |
| 197 | |
| 199 | |
| 200 | |
| 201 | |
| 204 | |
| 206 | |
| 208 | |
| 209 | |
| 218 | |
| 221 | |
| 224 | |
| 228 | |
| 230 | |
| 236 | |
| 238 | |
| 245 | |
| 252 | |
| 257 | |
| 258 | |
| 265 | |
| 267 | |
| 277 | |
| 283 | |
| 294 | |
| 304 | |
| 312 | |
| 320 | |
| 326 | |
| 333 | |
| 342 | |
| 348 | |
| 361 | |
| 362 | |
| 363 | |
| 364 | |
| 366 | |
| 369 | |
| 373 | |
| 380 | |
| 384 | |
| 387 | |
| 388 | |
| 393 | |
| 397 | |
| 400 | |
| 403 | |
| 409 | |
| 410 | |
| 413 | |
| 416 | |
| 418 | |
| 419 | |
| 420 | |
| 423 | |
| 427 | |
| 432 | |
| 439 | |
| 445 | |
| 451 | |
| 460 | |
| 466 | |
| 474 | |
| 478 | |
| 480 | |
| 481 | |
| 484 | |
| 488 | |
| 490 | |
| 491 | |
| 492 | |
| 493 | |
| 494 | |
| 496 | |
| 500 | |
| 502 | |
| 504 | |
| 506 | |
| 508 | |
| 510 | |
| 512 | |
| 513 | |
| 533 | |
| 540 | |
| 548 | |
| 554 | |
| 562 | |
| 568 | |
| 575 | |
| 581 | |
| 587 | |
| 593 | |
| 601 | |
| 609 | |
| 619 | |
| 636 | |
| 640 | |
| 643 | |
| 650 | |
| 653 | |
| 660 | |
| 668 | |
| 675 | |
| 682 | |
| 688 | |
| 690 | |
| 695 | |
| 696 | |
| 703 | |
| 705 | |
| 706 | |
| 713 | |
| 714 | |
| 717 | |
| 718 | |
| 720 | |
| 721 | |
| 722 | |
| 723 | |
| 724 | |
| 727 | |
| 731 | |
| 732 | |
| 733 | |
| 736 | |
| 737 | |
| 738 | |
| 740 | |
| 744 | |
| 745 | |
| 746 | |
| 747 | |
| 752 | |
| 759 | |
| 766 | |
| 767 | |
| 773 | |
| 779 | |
| 789 | |
| 799 | |
| 801 | |
| 826 | |
| 833 | |
| 839 | |
| 848 | |
| 849 | |
| 850 | |
| 851 | |
| 852 | |
| 853 | |
| 854 | |
| 856 | |
| 860 | |
| 864 | |
| 867 | |
| 876 | |
| 878 | |
| 882 | |
| 883 | |
| 884 | |
| 885 | |
| 886 | |
| 887 | |
| 888 | |
| 889 | |
| 892 | |
| 895 | |
| 897 | |
| 902 | |
| 903 | |
| 906 | |
| 907 | |
| 922 | |
| 963 | |
| 974 | |
| 985 | |
| 991 | |
| 997 | |
| 1003 | |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | |
| 1009 | |
| 1010 | |
| 1013 | |
| 1015 | |
| 1019 | |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 | |
| 1023 | |
| 1033 | |
| 1038 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action affirmed alleged appear appellee arrest assault authority brought character charge CHARLES VINER Circuit Court circumstances claim committed common law complainant conduct consent contributory negligence 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 instructions issue judge judgment judicial jurisdiction jury justice justify killed land libel liberty Lord Lord MANSFIELD magistrate malicious malicious prosecution Manawyddan matter necessary NISI PRIUS nonsuit North Briton nuisance offence officer opinion ordinary owner party peace person plaintiff in error plea pleaded possession premises present principle privileged probable cause proceedings prosecution protection punishment purpose question railroad reason recover refused replevin rule servant slander statute SUPREME COURT tiff tion tort trespass trial unlawful verdict warrant witness words writ wrong
Popular passages
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...
Page 480 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious unless it is 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 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...
Page 444 - Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that I sis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them.
Page 757 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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.
Page 680 - the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book ;' since they placed 'the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.
Page 729 - The possession and enjoyment of all rights are subject to such reasonable conditions as may be deemed by the governing authority of the country essential to the safety, health, peace, good order, and morals of the community.