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To be contrasted with animals [[mansuetae naturae]], animals are, in the immortal words of Darling, J., in {{casenote|Manton|Brocklebank}}: | To be contrasted with animals [[mansuetae naturae]], animals are, in the immortal words of Darling, J., in {{casenote|Manton|Brocklebank}}: | ||
{{Quote|those ''[[ferae naturae]]'', e.g. [[tiger]]s and [[lion]]s which a man keeps at his peril.}} | {{Quote|... those ''[[ferae naturae]]'', e.g. [[tiger]]s and [[lion]]s which a man keeps at his peril.}} | ||
A chap who keeps lions and tigers does so at his peril, and should they escape and cause damage to (for which, presumably, read “eat”) his [[neighbor]] the ordinary principles of {{casnote|Rylands|Fletcher}} will apply. | |||
In fact as I recall the escaping water in Rylands|Fletcher was actually classified, in the eyes of the law, as a wild animal. But I might be misremembering. | |||
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