1. The difference between “fall” and “refuse” is that the latter involves an act of the will, while the former may be an act of Inevitable necessity. Taylor v. Mason, 9 wheat. 344, 6 L. Ed. 101. See Stallings v. Thomas, 55 Ark. 326, 18 S. W. 184; Tele-graph Co. v. Irvin, 27 Ind. App. 62, 59 N. E. 327; Persons v. Hight, 4 Ga. 497
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
