Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1780

Dench v. Walker

Dench v. Walker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided August 15, 1780 · Cushing
14 Mass. 500
Dench v. Walker

Opinion of the Court

But

Cushing, C. J.,

with the rest of the Court, held that it will lie. For the alteration of the quality of the liquor undertaken to be transported, whether it was done by the defendant or his servant, was an unlawful conversion. — Vide Holt, 528. (a)

[Commonwealth vs. James, 1 Pick 375.—Ed.]

Case-law data current through September 30, 2026. Source: CourtListener bulk data.