The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in the Common Law : to which is Added the Draft of a Code of Civil Wrongs Prepared for the Government of India

Stevens and Sons, 1908 - Torts - 695 pages

BOOK I	1

Personal wrongs	7

Early forms of action	15

CHAPTER II	21

Exception of action under necessity	29

CHAPTER III	54

Common law liability of infants and married women	60

Interest of survivors distinct	70

Injuries to Reversion	350

What amounts to conversion	357

Redelivery by bailees	363

Trespasses between tenants in common	367

Rights of derivative possessors	373

Justification by law	383

breaking doors	389

Remedies	397

Command and ratification	76

Temporary transfer of service	82

General and particular exceptions	110

Summary	116

61	121

Of other public authorities	122

Authorities of Necessity	128

Inevitable accident resulting from lawful act	135

Kendall Mass	141

Exercise of Common Rights	149

Other applications of same principle	155

6888	162

Licence obtained by fraud	164

rights created by	169

Distinction from cases where negligence is ground of action	170

Injury to third persons in selfdefence	176

OF REMEDIES FOR TORTS PAGE	181

Peculiarity of law of defamation	188

Injunctions	194

Rules as to contribution and indemnity	202

Limitation of actions	210

SPECIFIC WRONGS	214

Menace distinguished from assault	220

Injuries in Family Relations	227

Damages	233

CHAPTER VII	239

Repetition of spoken words	243

Words indirectly causing damage to a man in his business	249

Libellous tendency must be probable in law and proved in fact	255

Justification on ground of truth	261

Conditions of the privilege	267

Volunteered reports	274

WRONGS OF FRAUD BAD FAITH AND OPPRESSION	279

Slander of Title	307

Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process	314

Conspiracy	319

Conspiracy not an adequate test of liability	325

CHAPTER IX	338

Trespass and conversion	344

Special damage must be shown	403

Measure of nuisance	408

Injury common to the plaintiff with others	414

Remedies for nuisance	420

Difficulty or expense of abatement no answer	430

Overlapping of contract and tort	436

Evidence of Negligence	442

On evidence sufficient in law question is for jury	448

Complications with contributory negligence	454

Tuff Warman	460

Forrester	466

The exploded doctrine of identification	474

Doctrine of New York Courts	480

Exception of act of God	492

Duty of keeping in cattle	496

Firearms Dixon v Bell	502

Extent of duty	508

Limits of the duty	514

Distinctions	520

CHAPTER XIII	526

Special duty of carriers and innkeepers by custom of the realm	533

Contract implied in law and waiver of tort	539

Collen Wright	540

Winterbottom Wright c	546

The conflict considered on principle	553

Penal character of action for breach of promise of marriage	559

B I Trade Disputes Act 1906	571

PREFATORY NOTE	586

GENERAL PART	588

General principles of liability	591

General exceptions	600

SPECIAL PART III Assault and false imprisonment	611

Defamation	613

Wrongs against good faith	624

Wrongs to property	629

Nuisance	634

Negligence	640

Of damages for civil wrongs	651

Title	The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in the Common Law : to which is Added the Draft of a Code of Civil Wrongs Prepared for the Government of India
Author	Frederick Pollock
Edition	8
Publisher	Stevens and Sons, 1908
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	5 Sep 2008
Length	695 pages

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