Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Statutory duty

Defined in 1 dictionary — Case Law

Definitions from Case Law

From 238 U.S. 243 - St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Conarty · 1915Most cited · 189 citing opinions

Where a duty is imposed for the protection of persons in particular situations or relations a breach of it which happens to result in injury to one in an altogether different situation or relation is not, as to him, actionable.