Commentaries on the Law of Torts: A Philosophic Discussion of the General Principles Underlying Civil Wrongs Ex Delicto, Band 1

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Bancroft-Whitney, 1903

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SPECIFIC WRONGS WITHOUT FORCE
501
CHAPTER XIX
509
Degrees of negligence
518
CHAPTER XX
551
While Traveling in Roads and Streets 21
571
Same continuedDuty of railway company at crossings 296 Same continuedWhen railway does not give signal 297 Same continuedDuties and liabilit...
572
The law of the road
573
Relative rights of footmen and vehicles
575
Collisions between vehicles passing in same direction
578
Fast drivingInjuries from 273 Injury from runaway horse
579
Leaving horse unhitched in street
580
By Excavation Obstruction or Obstacle 22
614
CHAPTER XXIII
635
Ordinance requiring excavations to be filled or fenced Effect upon liability
658
CHAPTER XXIV
663
Street railways as common carriers 357 Degree of care exacted of street railways toward their pas sengers 358 Duty as to track and equipment IV B...
664
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720
CHAPTER XXVI
748
Privileged cases in libelNewspaper comment upon acts of public officials 411 SameComments upon qualifications of candidates for of fice 412 Malic...
749
CHAPTER XXVII
805
Same continuedCharging the jury
819
Same continuedDependent upon guilt or belief
822
Advice of counsel magistrates and othersEffect
823
Acting upon information received from others
826
Conviction as evidence of probable cause
827
Acquittal as evidence of probable cause
828
Malice as an element of the wrong
830
Malice defined
831
Malige continuedHow shownPractical deductions
832
Malice continuedProvince of court and jury in respect thereto
835
Measure of damages
836
Right to Health or Comfort
839
Same continuedSome things held not to be nuisance
848
Legislation to prevent
850
Other questions
851
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Seite 21 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.
Seite 346 - Government is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men...
Seite 546 - If the right of recovery in this class of cases should be once established, it would naturally result in a flood of litigation in cases where the injury complained of may be easily feigned without detection, and where the damages must rest upon mere conjecture or speculation. The difficulty which often exists in cases of alleged physical injury, in determining whether they exist, and, if so, whether they were caused by the negligent act of the defendant, would not only be greatly increased, but a...
Seite 221 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Seite 434 - ... judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their judicial acts, even when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly.
Seite 514 - If a person undertakes to do an act or discharge a duty by which the conduct of others may properly be regulated and governed, he is bound to perform it in such manner that those who...
Seite 751 - Defamatory words falsely spoken of a person, which impute to the party unfitness to perform the duties of an office or employment of profit, or the want of integrity in the discharge of the duties of such an office or employment. (4) Defamatory words falsely spoken of a party which prejudice such party in his or her profession or trade. (5) Defamatory words falsely spoken of a person, which, though not in themselves actionable, occasion the party special damage.
Seite 302 - On the other hand, the relation of master and servant exists whenever the employer retains the right to direct the manner in which the business shall be done, as well as the result to be accomplished, or, in other words, "not only what shall be done, but how it shall be dona
Seite 633 - The primary purpose of streets is use by the public for travel and transportation, and the general rule is that any obstruction of a street or encroachment thereon which interferes with such use is a public nuisance.
Seite 349 - The officer is distinguished from the employee in the greater importance, dignity and independence of his position; in being required to take an .official oath, and perhaps to give an official bond; in the liability to be called to account as a public offender for misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, and usually, though not necessarily, in the tenure of his position.

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