Read the excerpt and answer the following questions.

(a) The dispute in this case was between which parties and turned on what legal issue?

(b) In resolving this dispute, what common law rule did the Court overturn, and what rule did the Court create to replace this rejected precedent?

(c) What reasons did the Court give to justify its change in the law, and how did the new rule apply in this case?

(d) In whose favor did the Court rule and why?