[169]. Pennebaker v. San Joaquin Light Co., 158 Cal. 579; Lunt v. Post Printing Co., 48 Col. 316; Gibson v. Leonard, 143 Ill. 182, 37 Ill. App. 344; Thrift v. Vandalia R. Co., 145 Ill. App. 414; Woodruff v. Bowen, 136 Ind. 431; Hamilton v. Minneapolis Desk Co., 78 Minn. 3; New Omaha Electric Light Co. v. Anderson, 73 Neb. 84; Woods v. Miller, 30 App. Div. 232; Eckes v. Stetler, 98 App. Div. 76; Houston R. Co. v. O’Leary, (Tex. Civ. App.) 136 S. W. 601 Accord. But see Wilson v. Great Southern Tel. Co., 41 La. Ann. 1041.
Liability to police officer or other person in by permission of law: see Casey v. Adams, 234 Ill. 350; Eckels v. Maher, 137 Ill. App. 45; Blatt v. McBarron, 161 Mass. 21; Racine v. Morris, 136 App. Div. 467; Woods v. Lloyd, (Pa.) 16 Atl. 43; Burroughs Adding Machine Co. v. Fryar, 132 Tenn. 612; Greenville v. Pitts, 102 Tex. 1.
But compare Kennedy v. Heisen, 182 Ill. App. 200; Parker v. Barnard, 135 Mass. 116; Learoyd v. Godfrey, 138 Mass. 315; Pickwick v. McCauliff, 193 Mass. 70.
Liability to volunteer salvor in case of fire: see Kohn v. Lovett, 44 Ga. 251; Gibson v. Leonard, 143 Ill. 182.
Liability to person who has contractual right to inspect the premises: see Dashields v. Moses, 35 App. D. C. 583.
[170]. The authorities on all sides of the question raised in this cause are collected and discussed in the cases that follow. See also Pollock, Torts, 6 ed., 496–497; Piggott, Torts, 231–232; 1 Jaggard, Torts, 904–909; Clerk & Lindsell, Torts, 6 ed., 511–522; Salmond, Torts, 4 ed., 415–424; Bohlen, Affirmative Obligations in the Law of Torts, 44 Am. Law Reg. 341.
[171]. The statement of facts by the reporter is omitted.
[172]. The statement of facts is omitted.
[173]. Arguments omitted.
[174]. See an elaborate criticism of George v. Skivington, L. R. 5 Ex. 1, in Blacker v. Lake, 106 Law Times Rep. (N. S.) 533, 537.