Beckley v. Howard
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Beckley v. Howard, 4 S.C.L. 94 (S.C. 1806)
Waties
Beckley v. Howard
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of all the judges, except Bay, '^absent, sick. No proof of conversion. Drake, when the demand was-made' by Clarke, had not assigned the bond, nor given Clarke any authority to demand it. Plaintiff not entitled to recover. The ‘ penalty of the bond not appearing, there was no other standard whereby to estimate the damage than the land to be conveyed, if a conversion had been proved.
New trial granted.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Beckley and Clarke, Assignees of Drake v. Howard
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- Published