Legal Opinion
Joseph C. Baram v. Robert Farugia, Glenn S. Hackett and Dennis Fredella, Robert Farugia and Glenn S. Hackett
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 24, 1979No. 78-1770PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
In this age of space travel and computer technology, a horse named Foxey Toni requires us to return to a more tranquil era and examine elements of trover and conversion under Pennsylvania common law. We must decide in this diversity case whether payment of the horse’s full value to the owner by one converter precludes recovery by the original owner in a conversion action against persons who received possession from the original converter. We hold that recovery from the first converter precludes further recovery of compensatory or punitive damages…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Lovejoy v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Hilbert v. RothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- BAKER v. RANGOSSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Marsh v. PierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
- Pierpoint v. HoytNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Reliable Tire Distributors, Inc. v. Kelly Springfield Tire Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
- Tegg Corp. v. Beckstrom Electric Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
- Picker International Corp. v. Imaging Equipment Services, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
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