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	{{~~casenote~~\|Rylands\|Fletcher}} is, with {{casenote\|Donoghue\|Stevenson}} one of the foundational cases in the [[common law]] relating to {{tag\|tort}}.		{{cite\|Rylands\|Fletcher\|1868\|UKHL\|1}} is, with {{casenote\|Donoghue\|Stevenson}} one of the foundational cases in the [[common law]] relating to {{tag\|tort}}.

	The defendant, Fletcher, owned a mill and employed a contractor to build a reservoir — dramatic chord — ''over a disused mine'' — on their land. The contractors noticed the mines, but continued to work without blocking them up.		The defendant, Fletcher, owned a mill and employed a contractor to build a reservoir — dramatic chord — ''over a disused mine'' — on their land. The contractors noticed the mines, but continued to work without blocking them up.