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X is a good swimmer. He finds Y, a child of seven years of age, drowning in a canal. He could have…

X, though a capable swimmer, owes no legal duty to rescue a stranger's child from drowning, so his failure to act, being a mere omission unaccompanied by any legal duty,…

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X is a good swimmer. He finds Y, a child of seven years of age, drowning in a canal. He could have saved the child but did not do so. The child is drowned; X is guilty of:

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X, though a capable swimmer, owes no legal duty to rescue a stranger's child from drowning, so his failure to act, being a mere omission unaccompanied by any legal duty, does not make him criminally liable for the child's death.

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