ROSCOE POUND

Cambridge, July 18, 1917

Note. The present volume is a reprint of the edition of 1916–17 which was not stereotyped and was soon exhausted. A few recent decisions have been added in the notes. Otherwise there is no change.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
INTERFERENCE WITH THE PERSON OR TANGIBLE PROPERTY
Chapter I
Intentional InterferencePAGE
Section 1.Assault and Battery[1]
Section 2.Imprisonment[19]
Chapter II
Negligent Interference
Section 1.Negligence as a ground of liability[29]
Section 2.Interests secured[45]
Section 3.The standard of care[63]
Section 4.Proof of negligence[98]
Section 5.The Duty of Care—Misfeasance and Nonfeasance[120]
Section 6.Liability of occupiers of premises[147]
Section 7.Liability to third persons of maker or vendor of a chattel[228]
Section 8.Contributory culpable conduct of plaintiff[263]
Chapter III
Unintended Non-negligent Interference
Section 1.Trespass on land by animals[404]
Section 2.Injuries by animals[419]
Section 3.Dangerous use of land[452]
Section 4.Violation of statutory duty[504]
PART II
INTERFERENCE WITH GENERAL SUBSTANCE OR INTERESTS IN INTANGIBLE THINGS
Chapter IV
Deceit[521]
Chapter V
Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process[620]
Chapter VI
Defamation[657]
Chapter VII
Interference with Privacy[797]
Chapter VIII
Interference with Advantageous Relations[807]

TABLE OF CASES

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Aiken v. Holyoke Street R. Co.[337]
Akers v. Chicago R. Co.[156]
Alden v. Wright[595]
Aldrich v. Scribner[576]
Allen v. Flood[939]
Allsop v. Allsop[808]
Andrews v. Jackson[555]
Bachelder v. Heagan[496]
Banks v. Braman[340]
Barnes v. Campbell[732]
Barr v. Essex Trades Council[998]
Barrows v. Bell[729]
Beach v. Hancock[7]
Beals v. Thompson[749]
Beehler v. Daniels[225]
Beinhorn v. Griswold[415]
Bell v. Hansley[18]
Benedick v. Potts[115]
Bernina, The[352]
Bird v. Jones[24]
Bisaillon v. Blood[370]
Black v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.[129]
Blood Balm Co. v. Cooper[233]
Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co.[67]
Bolch v. Smith[177]
Bond v. Chapin[655]
Bostock-Ferari Amusement Co. v. Brocksmith[427]
Bosworth v. Inhabitants of Swansey[379]
Bowen v. Hall[884]
Box v. Jubb[475]
Brattleboro v. Wait[510]
British Columbia Electric R. Co. v. Loach[302]
Bromage v. Prosser[662]
Brooker v. Coffin[683]
Brown v. Collins[482]
Brown v. Kendall[30]
Brown v. Randall[627]
Buch v. Amory Mfg. Co.[160]
Bugg v. Wertheimer-Schwartz Shoe Co.[549]
Bullock v. Babcock[95]
Burrill v. Stevens[548]
Butterfield v. Barber[595]
Butterfield v. Forrester[274]
Butterly v. Mayor of Drogheda[301]
Byne v. Moore[624]
Cabot v. Christie[584]
Campbell v. Boyd[183]
Campbell v. Spottiswoode[769]
Carmody v. Boston Gas Light Co.[113]
Carpenter v. Bailey[766]
Carr v. Hood[772]
Carskaddon v. Mills[191]
Carter v. Papineau[757]
Chambers v. Robinson[624]
Chapman v. Pickersgill[644]
Child v. Affleck[738]
Cincinnati & Z. R. Co. v. Smith[150]
Clark v. Molyneux[763]
Cleveland R. Co. v. Klee[327]
Cleveland Rolling Mill Co. v. Corrigan[88]
Cloon v. Gerry[632]
Clutterbuck v. Chaffers[657]
Cole v. Turner[12]
Consolidated Traction Co. v. Hone[371]
Cooke v. Midland G. W. Ry.[173]
Cooley on Torts (2 ed.) 398–400[409]
Cooper v. Seaverns[685]
Corcoran v. Corcoran[811]
Cordiner v. Los Angeles Traction Co.[281]
Coward v. Baddeley[13]
Cox v. Burbidge[438]
Coxhead v. Richards[740]
Crowley v. Groonell[437]
Culbertson v. Crescent City R. Co.[329]
Davies v. Gardiner[807]
Davies v. Mann[275]
Davies v. Solomon[809]
Davis v. Shepstone[792]
Decker v. Gammon[441]
DeGray v. Murray[434]
Delacroix v. Thevenot[659]
De Marentille v. Oliver[15]
Deming v. Darling[553]
Denver Electric Co. v. Simpson[77]
Depue v. Flatau[137]
Derry v. Peek[563]
DeS. v. DeS.[1]
Dickson v. McCoy[440]
Dilworth’s Appeal[502]
Dolphin v. Worcester Street R. Co.[86]
Dorr v. Cory[551]
Doyle v. Vance[445]
Drown v. Northern Ohio Traction Co.[296]
Dudley v. Briggs[859]
Dulieu v. White & Sons[50]
Dulin v. Bailey[852]
Dunshee v. Standard Oil Co.[923]
Dyerson v. Union Pacific R. Co.[324]
Eager v. Grimwood[866]
Eastern Trust & Banking Co. v. Cunningham[616]
Edgington v. Fitzmaurice[537]
E. Hulton & Co. v. Jones[674]
England, Maritime Conventions Act, 1911, § 1[274]
England, Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906, § 1 (c)[269]
Evans v. Walton[868]
Fargo Gas & Coke Co. v. Fargo Gas & Electric Co.[608]
Fechley v. Springfield Traction Co.[364]
Filburn v. People’s Palace & Aquarium Co.[422]
Fisher v. Bristow[627]
Fisher v. Feige[938]
Fletcher v. Rylands[452]
Flight v. Leman[651]
Flint & Walling Mfg. Co. v. Beckett[120]
Foshay v. Ferguson[630]
Foss v. Hildreth[695]
Foster v. Charles[588]
Fotheringham v. Adam Express Co.[23]
Fottler v. Moseley 599,[601]
Freeman v. Venner[597]
Frost v. Eastern R. Co.[170]
Fry v. Smellie[581]
Fuller v. Illinois Central R. Co.[299]
Gahagan v. Boston & Maine R.[317]
Galena R. Co. v. Jacobs[267]
Gallagher v. Brunel[539]
Gallagher v. Humphrey[186]
Galveston, H. & S. A. R. Co. v. Spinks[495]
Garfield Coal Co. v. Rockland Lime Co.[202]
Garret v. Taylor[863]
Gautret v. Egerton[179]
Genner v. Sparkes[19]
Georgia Pacific R. Co v. Lee[343]
Giles v. Walker[493]
Glamorgan Coal Co. v. South Wales Miners’ Federation[887]
Gorris v. Scott[516]
Grainger v. Hill[653]
Haddrick v. Heslop[639]
Halberstadt v. New York Life Insurance Co.[620]
Hankinson v. Bilby[661]
Hanson v. Globe Newspaper Co.[665]
Hart v. Aldridge[864]
Hart v. Allen[42]
Hatchard v. Mège[813]
Heaven v. Pender 156,[243]
Heege v. Licht[498]
Hemming v. City of New Haven[398]
Herrick v. Wixom[149]
Hill v. Glenwood[71]
Holman v. Chicago R. I. & P. R. Co.[506]
Holmes v. Missouri Pacific R. Co.[328]
Horan v. Byrnes[928]
Hughes v. McDonough[829]
Hughes v. Samuels Bros.[831]
Hulton & Co. v. Jones[674]
Hunicke v. Meramec Quarry Co.[134]
Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.[235]
Hutchins v. Hutchins[847]
Hutchinson v. St. Louis & M. R. R. Co.[330]
Ibottson v. Peat[937]
Illinois Iron & Metal Co. v. Weber[93]
Indermaur v. Dames[194]
Indianapolis Street R. Co. v. Dawson[204]
Innes v. Wylie[13]
Jackson v. Hopperton[790]
J. deS. v. W. deS.[1]
Jersey City Printing Co. v. Cassidy[897]
Joannes v. Bennett[747]
Joannes v. Burt[694]
Jones v. Charleston & W. C. R. Co.[279]
Jones v. Littler[690]
Kearney v. London, B. & S. C. R. Co.[102]
Keeble v. Hickeringill[935]
Keffe v. Milwaukee & St. P. R. Co.[165]
Keith v. Worcester Street R. Co.[73]
Kellogg v. Chicago & N. W. R. Co.[345]
Kelly v. Metropolitan R. Co.[125]
Kidney v. Stoddard[561]
Klous v. Hennessey[846]
Knupfle v. Knickerbocker Ice Co.[504]
Koplitz v. City of St. Paul[362]
Kuzniak v. Kozminski[926]
Lake Erie & W. R. Co. v. Ford[79]
Lary v. Cleveland R. Co.[157]
Lawless v. Anglo-Egyptian Cotton Co.[734]
Leathem v. Craig[952]
Lewis v. Corbin[849]
Low v. Bouverie[580]
Luetzke v. Roberts[598]
Lumby v. Allday[687]
Lumley v. Gye[874]
McComb v. Brewer Lumber Co.[550]
McCord Rubber Co. v. St. Joseph Water Co.[493]
McNee v. Coburn Trolley Track Co.[200]
McPherson v. Buick Motor Co.[251]
McPherson v. Daniels[677]
Mabardy v. McHugh[613]
Mack v. Sharp[644]
Malachy v. Soper[816]
Marceau v. Rutland R. Co.[106]
Marks v. Baker[755]
Marlor v. Ball[430]
Marshall v. Welwood[477]
Martell v. White[989]
Mason v. Keeling[433]
Maung Kyaw Dun v. Ma Kyin[425]
Max Morris, The[269]
May v. Burdett[419]
Maynard v. Boston & M. R. R.[147]
Meredith v. Reed[76]
Merivale v. Carson[775]
Metropolitan R. Co. v. Jackson[98]
Midland Insurance Co. v. Smith[841]
Milissich v. Lloyd’s[731]
Miller v. David[811]
Miners’ Federation v. Glamorgan Coal Co.[887]
Mitchell v. Jenkins[636]
Mogul Steamship Co. v. McGregor & Co.[906]
Morse v. Hutchins[604]
Munster v. Lamb[697]
Nash v. Minnesota Title & Trust Co.[572]
Nashua Iron & Steel Co. v. Worcester & N. R. Co.[288]
Neal v. Gillett[263]
Nehring v. The Connecticut Co.[308]
Newcomb v. Boston Protective Dep’t.[391]
Newman v. Phillipsburg Horse Car Co.[366]
Nichols v. Marsland[468]
Nieboer v. Detroit Electric Ry.[295]
Nocton v. Lord Ashburton[578]
Norfolk & W. R. Co. v. Dean’s Adm’r[320]
Northern P. R. Co. v. Jones[278]
Note (Y. B. Lib. Assis. f. 104, pl. 85)[19]
Noyes v. Colby[404]
Oates v. Metropolitan St. R. Co.[294]
Oberlin v. Upson[16]
O’Keefe v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co.[321]
Osborn v. Veitch[6]
Osborne v. McMasters[513]
Padmore v. Lawrence[736]
Pasley v. Freeman[521]
Passaic Print Works v. Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co.[913]
Payne v. Chicago & A. R. Co.[265]
Pearson & Son v. Lord Mayor of Dublin[617]
Peck v. Tribune Co.[672]
Pickett v. Walsh[996]
Pickett v. Wilmington & W. R. Co.[322]
Pierce v. Stablemen’s Union[1004]
Pike v. Hanson[21]
Plant v. Woods[978]
Polhill v. Walter[592]
Pullman v. Walter Hill & Co.[758]
Purcell v. Sowler[727]
Quinn v. Leathem[952]
Radley v. London & Northwestern R. Co.[283]
Ratcliffe v. Evans[854]
Ravenga v. Mackintosh[634]
Read v. Coker[3]
Rice v. Coolidge[710]
Richmond F. & P. R. Co. v. Martin’s Adm’r[374]
Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co.[799]
Ryalls v. Leader[714]
Rylands v. Fletcher[452]
Scott, Collisions at Sea, 13 Law Quart. Rev. 17[273]
Scott v. Stansfield[695]
Schwabacker v. Riddle[606]
Seaman v. Netherclift[703]
Secor v. Harris[691]
Sheehan v. St. Paul & D. R. Co.[154]
Sheffill v. Van Deusen[659]
Shultz v. Old Colony Street R. Co.[359]
Slater Trust Co. v. Gardiner[574]
Smith v. Bolles[605]
Smith v. Hobson[694]
Smith v. Land Corporation[560]
Snyder v. Andrews[658]
Southcote v. Stanley[222]
Southern R. Co. v. Grizzle[127]
South Wales Miners’ Federation v. Glamorgan Coal Co.[887]
Spade v. Lynn & Boston R. Co.[45]
S. Pearson & Son v. Lord Mayor of Dublin[617]
Stanley v. Powell[35]
Starkweather v. Benjamin[612]
State v. Gordon[535]
Stearns v. Sampson[10]
Steele v. Burkhardt[388]
Steinmetz v. Kelly[334]
Stephens v. Myers[2]
Stevens v. Nichols[214]
Stevens v. Sampson[761]
Steward v. Gromett[625]
Stiles v. Geesey[282]
Stone v. Carlan[827]
Stone v. Dry Dock R. Co.[90]
Sullivan v. Old Colony Street Ry.[41]
Sutton v. Town of Wauwatosa[381]
Sweeny v. Old Colony R. Co.[207]
Swift v. Rounds[542]
Tarleton v. M’Gawley[864]
Thomas v. Bradbury, Agnew & Co.[782]
Thorley v. Lord Kerry[679]
Tillett v. Ward[406]
Tomlinson v. Warner[646]
Tonawanda R. Co. v. Munger[406]
Toogood v. Spyring[750]
Tracy v. Wood[83]
Troth v. Wills[448]
Tuberville v. Savage[2]
Tuttle v. Buck[918]
Tuttle v. Gilbert Mfg. Co.[220]
Union Pacific R. Co. v. Cappier[131]
United States v. Richardson[6]
U. S. Compiled Statutes, 1913, § 8659[269]
Usill v. Hales[716]
Vanderbilt v. Mathis[641]
Vaughan v. Menlove[63]
Vegelahn v. Guntner[968]
Wagner v. Bissell[410]
Wason v. Walker[720]
Watson v. Jones[582]
Weaver v. Ward[29]
Webb v. Beavan[682]
Welch v. Wesson[377]
Westminister Laundry Co. v. Hesse Envelope Co.[838]
Wetmore v. Mellinger[649]
White v. Carroll[707]
White v. Mellin[819]
Wilkinson v. Downton[58]
Williams v. State[558]
Williamson v. Freer[753]
Willy v. Mulledy[515]
Wing v. London General Omnibus Co.[111]
Winterbottom v. Wright[228]
Wood v. Lane[20]
Work v. Campbell[533]
Yates v. South Kirkby Collieries[61]
Yerkes v. Northern Pacific R. Co.[70]

CASES ON TORTS

PART I
INTERFERENCE WITH THE PERSON OR TANGIBLE PROPERTY

CHAPTER I
INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE