Reviewed case brief
Nichols v. Marsland
(1876) 2 Ex D 1
(1876) 2 Ex D 1 · Court of Appeal (England)
- Court
- Court of Appeal (England)
- Year
- 1876
- Subjects
- Law of Torts
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
An act of God requires a genuinely extraordinary natural event, of a character no reasonable foresight could have anticipated or guarded against.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
(1876) 2 Ex D 1
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