Bava Kama1: 2
כֹּל שֶׁחַבְתִּי בִשְׁמִירָתוֹ הִכְשַׁרְתִּי אֶת נִזְקוֹ. הִכְשַׁרְתִּי בְמִקְצָת נִזְקוֹ, חַבְתִּי בְתַשְׁלוּמִין כְּהֶכְשֵׁר כָּל נִזְקוֹ.  נְכָסִים שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶן מְעִילָה, נְכָסִים שֶׁל בְּנֵי בְרִית, נְכָסִים הַמְיֻחָדִים, וּבְכָל מָקוֹם חוּץ מֵרְשׁוּת הַמְיֻחֶדֶת לַמַּזִּיק וּרְשׁוּת הַנִּזָּק וְהַמַּזִּיק. וּכְשֶׁהִזִּיק, חָב הַמַּזִּיק לְשַׁלֵּם תַּשְׁלוּמֵי נֶזֶק בְּמֵיטַב הָאָרֶץ.
Anything that I am obligated to watch I have perpetrated its damage. [If] I partially perpetrated its damage, I am obligated to pay as though I had completely perpetrated its damage.  [The law of damages applies to] property that is not [subject to] me'ilah, property of Jews, property that is owned, and anywhere except [on] the premises owned by the damager and the premises of the damagee and the damager. When he damages, the damager is obligated to pay for the damage with the best of the land.