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Innes v Magistrates of Edinburgh. [1798] Mor 13967 (6 February 1798)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/1798/Mor3213967-056.html Cite as:
[1798] Mor 13967
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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.
