Hurd v. Barnhart
Hurd v. Barnhart
Opinion of the Court
The Court charged that the measure of damages was what the use of the property was worth to the plaintiff during the time that he was deprived of it; and that in ascertaining the value the jury should consider how the plaintiff could and would have used the property had it not been taken from him.
This was substituting a speculative and peculiar measure of damages for the true rule, which, as applied to the case, was what the use of such property could have been procured for— in other words, the market value—and was erroneous.
The sixth instruction, given at the request of plaintiff, was erroneous in requiring the defendant to prove a special agreement for pasturage on land not included in the lease.
Judgment and order reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- C. E. HURD v. H. BARNHART
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- 6 cases
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- Syllabus
- Damages fob Wrongful Seizure of Property.—The measure of damages for the wrongful seizure and detention of property hy attachment is the market value of the use of the property during the time of the detention, not its value to the plaintiff. Counter-claim.—In the case stated, it was error to require proof of special agreement for pasturage on land not leased to defendant.