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Quotes from Scaramanga v. Stamp — Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet

1802–1880 Scotland

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The impulsive desire to save human life when in peril is one of the most beneficial instincts of humanity, and is nowhere more salutary in its results than in bringing help to those who, exposed to destruction from the fury of winds and waves, would perish if left without assistance.

Scaramanga v. Stamp (1880)

Although the decisions of the American Courts are of course not binding on us, yet the sound and enlightened views of American lawyers in the administration and development of the law—a law, except so far as altered by statutory enactment, derived from a common source with our own—entitle their decisions to the utmost respect and confidence on our part.

Scaramanga v. Stamp (1880)

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