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J1175 Judgments concerning arson
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- Clever judicial decisions · J1170 entry
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- The cat in the warehouse. One of four companions is left in a warehouse to care for a cat which has a broken leg. Cat scratches self near flame and sets warehouse afire. The three must pay the one left behind. Broken leg could not walk and it was the three legs belonging to the three traders which caused the fire · J1175.1 entry
- Intentional and accidental fire. Rich man wishing to get rid of a neighbor's tree sets it afire. Neighbor's house catches and burns. Must pay four times value of tree since fire is intentional, but only actual value of house, since that fire was accidental · J1175.2 entry
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- Series of wise judgments settles quarrels of village · J1170.1 entry
- The Irish Solomon (Cormac mac Airt). Famed for his clever decisions · J1170.2 entry
- Judgment by testing love · J1171 entry
- Judgment as rebuke to unjust plaintiff · J1172 entry
- Series of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. (1) Man pulls off borrowed horse's tail: he shall keep horse till tail grows on. (2) Man falls out of bed and kills a baby (or causes a miscarriage): he shall beget a new baby for the mother. (3) Man falls from a bridge and kills boatsman's son: shall allow boatsman to fall from bridge and kill him · J1173 entry
- Clever decisions concerning kissing and rape · J1174 entry
- Decisions based on experimental tests · J1176 entry
- Story told to discover thief. Judge tells story of the lady, her husband, her lover, and the robbers (H1552.1). Which was the most generous? Witness says that robber was. This shows that he has robber's point of view · J1177 entry
- Clever judicial decisions – miscellaneous · J1179 entry