Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1806

Beckley v. Howard

Beckley v. Howard
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided November 15, 1806 · Waties
4 S.C.L. 94

Beckley v. Howard

Opinion of the Court

Waties, J.,

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.

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