Wilson V. Brett in Europe
Definition of Wilson V. Brett
((1843), 11 M. & W. 113). A party who performs services for another gratuitously is not liable for damage, provided he uses such skill as he actually has. If he represents that he has any special skill, he is liable if he fails to use such skill.
The defendant, a person conversant with and skilled in horses, at the plaintiff’s request rode a horse belonging to the plaintiff for the purpose of showing it for sale. In consequence of the slippery nature of the show ground the horse slipped and injured itself. The Judge left it to the jury to say whether it was a matter of culpable negligence in the defendant to ride the horse there, and told them that the defendant, being skilled in the management of horses, was bound to take as much care as if he had borrowed it. Held, that the jury had been properly directed
Browse
You might be interested in these references tools:
Resource | Description |
---|---|
Wilson V. Brett in the Dictionaries | Wilson V. Brett in our legal dictionaries |
Related topics | Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law |
Browse the Legal Thesaurus | Find synonyms and related words?. |
Wilson V. Brett related entries | Find related entries of this Wilson V. Brett |
Wilson V. Brett in other legal encyclopedias
If you search for an entry, then decide you want to see what another legal encyclopedia says about it, you may find your entry in this section.
Link | Description |
---|---|
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the International Legal Encyclopedia. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the American Legal Encyclopedia. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
Explore the European Encyclopedia of Law
You can also find related entries in the following areas of law:
Link | Description |
---|---|
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Family Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the IP Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Commercial Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Criminal Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Family Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Civil Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Constitutional Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Taxation Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Banking and Finance Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Employment and Labour Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Injury and Tort Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Wilson V. Brett | Wilson V. Brett in the Environmental Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law. |
Further Information
Open European Encyclopedia
RESOURCE | comments |
---|---|
Add an entry | Because the law is changing all the time. |
View added entries | Interested to find out what entries have been added? |
About the Open Encyclopedia | You can be a part of the Open European Encyclopedia of Law |
Notice
Definition of Wilson V. Brett is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
URI of Wilson V. Brett | Description |
---|---|
URI | The URI of Wilson V. Brett (more about URIs) |
Resources
Link | Description |
---|---|
General Index | Index of general information about the Encyclopedia |
Community | Pages related to the community of users, including request and proposal entries |
Help Center | Help and Documentation |
Sitemap Index | Sitemap Index, including Taxonomies |