BATCHELOR v. SMITH

5 VLR (L) 176·Coram, STAWELL, C.J., BARRY, J., and STEPHEN, J.
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BATCHELOR v. SMITH (a) Supreme Court of Victoria, at Law Coram, STAWELL, C.J., BARRY, J., and STEPHEN, J. 15 July 1879 Accidental fire — Liability for its spread to neighbour's land .

An owner or occupier of land upon which a fire accidentally occurs, or upon which it comes without any act or fault of his, is not under any obligation to put it out, so as to be liable for injuries occasioned to neighbouring land by such fire spreading to it.

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