Maxims & Cases

Maxims

1. Injuria Sine Damnum- Violation of legal right without causing any harm
2. Damnum Sine Injuria- Harm without violation of legal right
3. Ex turpi causa non aritur action- an action does not arise from an immoral cause
4. Volenti non fit injuria- who voluntarily agrees to suffer is not allowed to complain for
that
5. Scienti non fit injuria- Mere knowledge of the risk is not enough
6. Force majeure- superior force
7. Vis major- Act of God
8. Res ipsa loquitur- things speak for itself
9. In Jure non remota causa sed proxima spectator- in law, the immediate & proximate, not
remote cause must be considered.
10. Causa causans- cause of injury
11. Causa sine qua non- cause without any other cause
12. Sic utere tuo ut alieum non leader- everyone must so use his own as not to do damage to
another
13. Qui facit alium facit per se- he who does an at through another is deemed in law to do it
by himself
14. Malus animus- malice in fact
15. Restitution in integram- restoration to the previous position
16. Ubi jus ibi remedium- where there is a right there is a remedy
17. Salus populi suprema lex- the welfare of the people is the supreme law
List of Cases

 Injuria Sine Damnum

1. Ashby v. White
2. Bhim Singh v. State of J & K

 Damnum Sine Injuria

1. Gloucester Grammer School Case
2. Dickson v. Reuter’s Telegram Co.

 Malice
1. Town Area Committee v. Prabhu Dayal
2. State of A.P. v. Govardhanlal Pitji

 Volenti non fit injuria

1. Hall v. Brooklands Auto Racing Club
2. Woolridge v. Summer
3. Murray v. Harringay Arena Ltd.
4. Smith v. Charles Baker & Sons (Stone Quarry Case)
5. Haynes v. Harwood (Police Constable Case)

 Plantiff the wrongdoer

1. Bird v. Holbrook (Spring Gun Case)

 Inevitable Accident
1. Brown v. Kendell
2. Nitro Glycerine Case
3. Stanley v. Powell
 Act of God
1. Nicholas v. Marsland
2. Slater v. Worthington
3. Mahindra Nath Mukherjee v. Mathuradas Chatturbhuj

 Private Defence
1. Morris v. Nuggent
2. Turner v. Jagmohan Singh

 Necessity (Jus Necessitatis)

1. Kirk v. Gregory

 Statutory Authority
1. Vaughan v. Taff Vale Rail Co. (Engine Spark Case)
2. Hammer Smith Rail Co. v. Brand
3. Smith v. London & South Western Railway Co.
4. Ramchandraram Nagram Rice and Oil Mills Ltd. v. Municipality Commissioner, Purulia
Municipality

 Rescue Cases
1. Hynes v. Harwood (Police Constable Case)

 Negligence
1. Donoghue v. Stevenson (Snail- in- the- Bottle Case
2. Rural Transport Service v. Bezlum Bibi
3. Hill v. CHiel Constable, West Yorkshire
 Res Ipsa Loquitur
1. Municiple Corpn., Delhi v. Subhagwanti
2. Mahindra Nath Mukherjee v. Mathuradas

 Nervous Shock
1. Hambrook v. Stokes Bros.
2. Bourhill (or Hay) v. Young
3. King v. Phillips
4. Mcloughlin v. O’Brian
5. Page v. Smith
6. Alock v. Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police
7. White v. Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police

 Nuisance
1. Dollman v. Hillman
2. Campbell v. Paddington Corpn.
3. Radhey Shyam v. Gur Prasad

 Remoteness of Damages
1. Vendenburg v. Truax
2. Scott v. Shepherd
3. Greenland v. Chaplin
4. Re Polemis & Furniss, Withy & Co.
5. Overseas Tankship Ltd. v. Motors Dock (Wagon Mound Case)
6. Doughty v. Turners Mftg Co. Ltd.

 Strict Liability
1. Rylands v. Fletcher (1868)
2. Sarju Prasad v. Mahadeo Prasad
3. Ponting v. Nookes
4. Madras Rly. Co. v. Zamindar of Carvetnagaram
5. M.P. Electricity Board v. Shail Kumar

 Absolut Liability
1. M.C. Mehta v. UOI (1987)
2. Indian council for Enviro Legal Action v. UOI

 Vicarious Liability
1. Bank of India v. Shyama Devi
2. Llyod v. Grace, Smith & Co.
3. Limpus v. London Omnibus CO.
4. Mersey Docks & Harbour v. Loggins & Griffiths Ltd.

 Viacrious Liability of State

1. State of Rajasthan v. Vidyawati
2. Kasturi Lal v. State of U.P.
3. N. Nagendra Rao v. State of A.P.
4. Chairman, Rly. Board v. Chandrima Das

 Defamation
1. Dixon v. Holden
2. Scott v. Sampson
3. Cassidy v. Daily Mirror Newspaper
4. Garbett v. Hayell
5. Eastwood v. Homes
6. Theaker v. Richardson
7. T.J. Ponnem v. M.C. Verghese
8. Karanjia v. Thackersey
 Contributory Negligence
1. Davies v. Mann
2. Rural Transport Service v. Bezlum Bibi
3. Sushma Mitra v. MPSRT Corp.
4. Butterfield v. Forrester

 Tresspass
1. Fauler v. Lanning
2. Cole v. Turner
3. Hurst v. Picture Theatres Ltd.
4. Stephens v. Myres
5. Bird v. Jones
6. Holmes v. Mather
7. Baxter v. Taylor
8. Six Carpenter’s Case
9. Richardson v. Atkinson
10. Armory v. Delamirie

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