Ringo v. Field
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Writ of error to the circuit court of Pulaski county. This was an action of replevin for a box of specie, brought by-William Field against William H. Ringo, to the circuit court of Pulaski county, March term, 1842. The declaration was in the cepit and detinet, and charged that the defendant, on &c., at &c., “in a certain banking house, there called the Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas, took one box of silver coin, containing one thousand dollars, of the goods and…
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Writ of error to the circuit court of Pulaski county. This was an action of replevin for a box of specie, brought by-William Field against William H. Ringo, to the circuit court of Pulaski county, March term, 1842. The declaration was in the cepit and detinet, and charged that the defendant, on &c., at &c., “in a certain banking house, there called the Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas, took one box of silver coin, containing one thousand dollars, of the goods and chatties of the plaintiff, of value, &c., and unjustly detained tfee same, and still detains,” &c. By the return of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSeeastiax, J.
An action of replevin, at common law, is a remedy for recovering damages for the wrongful taking away a person’s goods. The plaintiff can only recover damages for the taking of the goods, and the detention of them until the replevy, and not the value of the goods themselves. 1 Saunders 347, b. n. 2; but by our statutes a recovery may be had of the value of the goods also, in case they have not been replevied. Our'Statute gives this remedy for either the wrongful taking, or for the wrongful detention of chattels. For the first of which, the declaration is in the usual form, and charges the…
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- Doe on the Demise of Elmore v. GrymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
- Rogers v. ArnoldNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Kilgore v. Graves' HeirsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1884
- Martin v. WebbSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1843
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