The Problem of Social Cost - Cases and Statutes

Cases and Statutes

Coase uses three main examples in his article to attempt to illustrate his points. The first is a fictional cattle herder and a farmer, but the second is the case Sturges v Bridgman and the third is the Railway (Fires) Act 1905. Apart from these main examples, the following cases are referred to.

  • Fontainebleu Hotel Corp. v. Forty-Five Twenty-Five, Inc., 114 So. 2d 357 (1959)
  • Cooke v Forbes (1867-1868) LR 5 Eq 166
  • Bryant v Lefever (1878-1879) 4 CPD 172, Bramwell LJ and Cotton LJ
  • Bass v Gregory (1890) 25 QBD 481
  • Attorney General v Doughty (1752) 28 ER 290
  • Versailles Borough v. McKeesport Coal & Coke Co. (1935) 83 Pitts. Leg. J 379, 385
  • Webb v Bird (1863) 143 ER 332
  • Rushmer v Polsue and Alfieri, Ltd (1906) 1 Ch 234
  • Adams v Ursell (1913) 1 Ch 269, regarding fish and chips
  • Andreae v Selfridge and Company Ltd (1938) 1 Ch 1
  • Delta Air Corporation v. Kersey (1942) 193 Ga. 862
  • Thrasher v. City of Atlanta (1934) 178 Ga. 514
  • Georgia Railroad and Banking Co. v. Maddox (1902) 116 Ga. 64
  • Smith v. New England Aircraft Co. (1930) 270 Mass. 511
  • Vaughan v Taff Vale Railway Co. (1858) 3 H and N 743
  • Boulston v Hardy (1597) 77 ER 216
  • Stearn v Prentice Bros Ltd (1919) 1 KB 395
  • Bland v Yates (1913-1914) 58 Sol J 612

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