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" I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger, and lightning broke his chain, and he got loose and did mischief, that the man who kept him would not be liable. "
Harvard Law Review - Page 486
1909
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The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 19

Law - 1875 - 682 pages
...agent he cannot control. I am by no means sure that the comparison of water to a wild animal is exact ; I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger and...mischief, that the man who kept him would not be liable. But this case, and the case I have put of the chimneys, are not cases of keeping a dangerous beast...
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The Law Reports. Court of Exchequer: From Michaelmas Term, 1865 ..., Volume 10

Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 410 pages
...whence another agent let it loose. I am by no means sure that the likeness of a wild animal is exact. I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger,...mischief, that the man who kept him would not be liable. But this case, and the case I put of the chimneys, are not cases of keeping a dangerous beast for amusement,...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 12

Law - 1875 - 462 pages
...agent he cannot control. I am by no means sure that the comparison of water to a wild animal is exact ; I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger and...mischief, that the man who kept him would not be liable. But this case, and the case I have put of the chimneys, are not cases of keeping a dangerous beast...
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Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and ..., Volume 14

Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 916 pages
...loose. I am by no means sure that the likeness of a wild animal is exact. I am by no means sure that L, if a man kept a tiger, and lightning broke his chain,...loose and did mischief, that the man who kept him 1 would not be liable. But this case, and the case I put of the chimneys, are not cases of keeping...
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A Treatise Upon the Law of Principal and Agent in Contract and Tort

William Evans - Agency (Law) - 1879 - 802 pages
...latent, the water escaped or the bricks fell. But here the act is that of an agent he cannot control. ... I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger,...mischief, that the man who kept him would not be liable." [495*] *The first judicial exposition of the meaning of the expression " act of God," so far, at least,...
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The Duty & Liability of Employers as Well to the Public as to Servants and ...

Sir Walworth Howland Roberts, George Wallace - Employers' liability - 1885 - 610 pages
...liable for acts of strangers. Statutory powers to be exercised with great care. referred to (r) : — " I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger, and lightning hroke his chain, and he got loose and did mischief, that the man who kept him would not be liable."...
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A Treatise on the Law of Torts, Or, The Wrongs which Arise Independent of ...

Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Torts - 1888 - 1060 pages
...whence another agent let it loose. I am by no means sure that the likeness .of a wild animal is exact. I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger,...chain, *and he got loose and did mischief, that the man [*573] who kept him would not be liable. But this case and the case I put of the chimneys are not cases...
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Negligence in Law: General relations

Thomas Beven - Negligence - 1895 - 1072 pages
...whatever. To such an extent is this carried that Bramwell, E., in Nichols v. Marsland, is reported : "I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger, and light ning broke his chain, and he got loose and did mischief, that the man who kept him would not...
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The Dictionary of Legal Quotations: Or, Selected Dicta of English ...

James William Norton-Kyshe - Law - 1904 - 432 pages
...Discretion," 7. See also " Sovereignty," 10. " Hungry after jurisdiction." See " Jurisdiction," 6. " I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger," &c. See " Tort," 11. " I am entitled to sit in the testator's chair," &c. See " Will," 2, n. "I beseech...
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The Law Quarterly Review, Volume 22

Frederick Pollock - Law - 1906 - 494 pages
...being liable for any damage done by their being overthrown by a hurricane or an earthquake ? . . . I am by no means sure that if a man kept a tiger,...got loose, and did mischief, that the man who kept J1im would not be liable. But this case, and the case which I put of the chimneys, are not cases of...
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