Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co.

Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co.

"Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co." (1856) 11 Ex 781; 156 E.R. 1047, is an English tort law case, which contains a famous statement of what it means to be negligent. At 784 Alderson B said,

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