Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: x goes on a vacation with his pets (a dog and a cat). he rents a cabin close to the river. one day x decides to take a late-night walk and whilst he is standing outside, he calls his dog who is inside the cabin, to walk with him. the dog jumps up and frightens the sleeping cat. the frightened cat jumps through the window of the cabin knocking over a lit candle which in turn sets the whole cabin alight.
a. x’s act is not the legal cause of the burning down of the cabin because calling a dog is not an act that, according to human experience in the normal course of events, has the tendency to cause a wooden cabin to burn down.
b. x’s act is the legal cause of the burning down of the cabin because if it was not for x calling his dog, the cat would not have been frightened causing the cabin to burn down.
c. x’s act is not the legal cause of the burning down of the cabin because the cat’s conduct was the most operative one.
d. x’s act is the legal cause of the burning down of the cabin because his act can be described as the proximate cause.