John Adams | Bryan Adams | Douglas Adams | John Quincy Adams | Ansel Adams | Ryan Adams | Adams | Adams County | Yolanda Adams | Gerry Adams | Amy Adams | John Adams (composer) | Scott Adams | Patch Adams | Dennis Adams | Maude Adams | John Luther Adams | Victoria Adams | Patch Adams (film) | Don Adams | Phillip Adams | Oleta Adams | North Adams, Massachusetts | Mike Adams | Adams County, Pennsylvania | The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams | Sherman Adams | Ralph Adams Cram | North Adams | Maud Adams |
The rule was established by a series of 19th century cases, starting with Adams v Lindsell (1818) B & Ald 681, which was later confirmed and expanded in Dunlop v Higgins (1848) 1 HL Cas 381, Household Fire Insurance Company v Grant (1879) 4 Ex D 216 and Henthorn v Fraser 1892 2 Ch 27.