Carstairs v Taylor

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
CourtExchequer
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7 cases
  • Gilson v Kerrier District Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • March 25, 1976
    ...the outflow from the catchpit into the culvert under High Castle Rise. 22 We were referred to two authorities, ( Carstairs v. Taylor 6 Exchequer Cases, 217) and ( Prosser v. Levy 1955 1 Weekly Law Reports, 1224), as authority for the proposition that even if the Council was not immune from-......
  • Prosser (A.) & Son Ltd v Levy
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • October 31, 1955
    ...place where it has been brought with the consent or for the common benefit of both parties. I need refer to no more of the cases than Carstairs v. Taylor; Ross v. Feddon, and Cockburn v. Smith. It is now settled law that where the plaintiff and. The defendant occupy parts of the same buildi......
  • Transco Plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • November 19, 2003
    ...table. These cases are in sharp contrast with those arising out of escape from a domestic water supply (such as Carstairs v Taylor (1871) LR 6 Exch 217, Ross v Fedden (1872) 26 LT 966 or Anderson v Oppenheimer (1880) 5 QBD 602) which, although decided on other grounds, would seem to me to f......
  • Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 4, 2012
    ...down to the water table. These cases are in sharp contrast with those arising out of escape from a domestic water supply (such as Carstairs v Taylor (1871) LR 6 Ex 217, Ross v Fedden (1872) 26 LT 966 or Anderson v Oppenheimer (1880) 5 QBD 602) which, although decided on other grounds, would......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Mr Fletcher as the Quintessential Nigerian: Could a More In-Depth Analysis of the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher Reveala Uniquely Nigerian Tort?
    • South Africa
    • Journal of Comparative Law in Africa No. , August 2019
    • August 16, 2019
    ...E Gamra & N Osunde [1957] WRNLR 182;McNeil, JL & Rains, R (1965) Nigerian Cases and Statutes on Contract and Tort301.4Carstairs v Taylor(1871) LR 6 Ex 217, 221; Nicholls v Marsland (1876) LR 6 Ex D1; Greenock Corp v Caledonian Ry [1917]AC 556 — these defences were approved bythe Nigerian Su......
  • Preliminary Sections
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1971 Preliminary Sections
    • November 14, 2022
    ...1 Q.B.445. • • . . . . . • . 43 Carpenter v. Ebblewhite (1939) 1 K.B. 347; 119381 4 All E.R.41. . • . . .264 Carstairs v. Taylor, (1871) L.R. 6 Ex. 217. . . ........ . . • . . 299 • . . . . 44 Chandless - Chandless v. Nicholson (1942) 2 K.B. 321 at 324. . Cheko V. Kano N.A., High Court of N......
  • Rylands v. Fletcher Revitalised
    • Ireland
    • Trinity College Law Review No. II-1999, January 1999
    • January 1, 1999
    ...Rickards v. Lothian [1913] AC 263. 30 bid., at 280. Emphasis added. 31 ibid. 32 Rylands v. Fletcher, supra, fn 1. 33 Carstairs v. Taylor LR 6 Ex 217 (1871). 34 Imperial Tobacco v. Hart 51 NSR 379 (1917). "McDonnell v. Turf Development Board 78 (1944) ILTR 94, at 95. 36 Ibid. 37 Collingwood ......

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