modern law of Common Carriers and public utilities was recognised. Read the case of Pasley Vs Freeman 3 T.R. 51 and all other cases cited therein. (h) The rule of Strict Liability laid down in Rylands Vs. Fletcher 21 also came into being without any objection as to its novelty. Birth of the Tort of Strict Liability, it has been argued, was not the creation of a new Tort at all, but simply an extension of a very ancient principle that a man must keep his cattle from straying, irrespective of whether he has been negligent or not..". We will discuss the Tort of Strict Liability in our forthcoming Topic of LAW BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS. There will be no harm to read in advance cases and principles to be covered in later Topics. Make it a point of reading the case of Rylands Vs. Fletcher. 22 18
.Edw III C. 1 0 (1 357).
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.Edw III C. 1 (1 361).
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.Hen. VI C. 5 (1 454).
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.1 868 LR 3 H.L 330.
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.1 868 LR 3 H.L 330.
60 Arguments Put For the Pigeon Theory School (i) There is a definite number of Torts outside which liability in Tort does not exist; (ii) Under the pigeon hole theory, one can injure another as much as he likes without fear of his suing him in tort, provided the conduct does not fall under the rubric: Assault, Battery, Deceit, Slander, etc.; (iii) Law of Tort presents us with a row of pigeon holes each labelled with the name of a particular tort [eg. Trespass, Strict Liability, Defamation, Vicarious
