A Treatise on the Law of Torts, Volume 2J. Cockcroft & Company, 1876 |
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Page vi
... taken in execution . 912. Capture of the wrong person . 913. Arrest of the right person under a wrong name . 914. Illegal arrest on Sundays . 915. Incurability of a wrongful im- prisonment - Arrest under one of several writs . 916 ...
... taken in execution . 912. Capture of the wrong person . 913. Arrest of the right person under a wrong name . 914. Illegal arrest on Sundays . 915. Incurability of a wrongful im- prisonment - Arrest under one of several writs . 916 ...
Page vii
... taken in exe- cution without paying rent due to the landlord . 940. Declarations against sheriffs for treble damages for extortion . 941. The plea of not guilty . 942. Pleas of justification . 943. Justification in the execution of ...
... taken in exe- cution without paying rent due to the landlord . 940. Declarations against sheriffs for treble damages for extortion . 941. The plea of not guilty . 942. Pleas of justification . 943. Justification in the execution of ...
Page viii
... taken in the absence of the magistrate who acts upon them . 974. Convictions by magistrates on their own view . 975. Summary convictions founded upon informations . 976. Statutory provisions respecting summary convictions and or- ders ...
... taken in the absence of the magistrate who acts upon them . 974. Convictions by magistrates on their own view . 975. Summary convictions founded upon informations . 976. Statutory provisions respecting summary convictions and or- ders ...
Page x
... taken for public works . 1054. Seizure and detention of goods by custom - house officers act- ing in the execution of statu- tory powers . SECTION II . - of statutory remedies for the recovery of compensa- tion for injuries author- ized ...
... taken for public works . 1054. Seizure and detention of goods by custom - house officers act- ing in the execution of statu- tory powers . SECTION II . - of statutory remedies for the recovery of compensa- tion for injuries author- ized ...
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... taken and appropriated for seats to view a regatta , and separated for that purpose from the adjoining carriage - road by a temporary fence , and the plaintiff insisted upon a right of way across the part so appropriated , and climbed ...
... taken and appropriated for seats to view a regatta , and separated for that purpose from the adjoining carriage - road by a temporary fence , and the plaintiff insisted upon a right of way across the part so appropriated , and climbed ...
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Page 438 - The general rule is, that the master is answerable for every such wrong of the servant or agent as is committed in the course of the service and for the master's benefit, though no express command or privity of the master be proved.
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