Legal Opinion

Hart v. Walter

Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County

Decided January 31, 1898Published

1Opinion of the CourtSpiegel, J.

In conversions of property of the kind in controversy, the tort may be waived and a suit brought ex contractu Woodward v. Suydam, 11 O., 360; Penn. R. R. v. Peoples, 31 Ohio St., 537; Dean v. Yates, 22 Ohio St., 388.

2. In actions on implied contracts, where there are tortious elements, but the tort is waived, attachment lies. Wade on Attachment, sec. 22; Dean v. Yates, 22 Ohio St., 388; Butler v. Hildreth, 5 Met. (Mass.), 49.

3. The doctrine of election does not apply in this case because none of the actions relied on to show election are inconsistent with defendant’s rights. I concede that a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. SwayzeOregon Supreme Court · 1884

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