John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) - Damage Quotes

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If public officers will infringe men's rights, they ought to pay greater damages than other men, to deter and hinder other officers from the like offences.

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Actual perceptible damage is not indispensable as the foundation of an action; it is sufficient to show the violation of a right, in which case the law will presume damage.

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Every injury imports a damage, though it does not cost the party one farthing, and it is impossible to prove the contrary; for a damage is not merely pecuniary, but an injury imports a damage, when a man is hereby hindered of his right. As in an action for slanderous words, though a man does not lose a penny by reason of the speaking them, yet he shall have an action. So if a man give another a cuff on the ear, though it cost him nothing, no, not so much as a little diachylon, yet he shall have his action, for it is a personal injury.

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To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times.

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