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[1798] Mor 13967      
Subject_1 REPARATION.
Subject_2 SECT. VIII.

Negligence in Office.

Innes
 v.
Magistrates of Edinburgh

Date: 6 February 1798
Case No. No 56.

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A person receiving a material injury from falling, during the night, into a temporary pit made in one of the lanes of a burgh, found entitled to damages from the Magistrates, although a considerable degree of precaution had been used by those who dug the pit, to prevent such accidents.

 Fac. Col.

*** This case is No 31. p. 13189, voce Public Police.

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