 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...  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 283by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, James M. Reasoner, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, Richard W. Cooper - 1910Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 978 pages
...brings on his laud 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." It is... | |
 | 1866 - 722 pages
...there anything 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 natural consequence of its escape. The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour, or whose mine... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1867 - 744 pages
...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 is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1870 - 982 pages
...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, he is primd facie answerable (1) 8 CB, NS, 568. 1870 " for all the damage which is the natural consequence... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1868 - 778 pages
...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 for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1869 - 796 pages
...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 so, he is prima facie answerable...damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was the consequence of eis major, or the act of God... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - 1869 - 334 pages
...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 for the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. The person... | |
 | Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - 1870 - 672 pages
...likely to do niiichief, if it escapes must keep it in at his peril, and if he docs not do so is primd facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing tliat the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default, or, perhaps,... | |
 | Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - 1870 - 668 pages
...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 /iriiiia far.it answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He... | |
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