Hirshberg v. Strauss

In this case, which was an action against the sheriff and attaching creditors of David S. Hirshberg to recover damages for maliciously levying an attachment on certain goods, the property of plaintiff’s intestate, Samuel Hirshberg, the court charged the jury, among other matters, as follows:—

“In addition to the actual value, you have a right to give exemplary damages, if the proof satisfies you that the goods were wantonly or maliciously taken from the plaintiff, and on this subject I charge you that if you find that the plaintiff, before any action taken by the defendants, purchased the…