Hollins v Fowler

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1875
Date1875
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • Change of position and restitution for wrongs: 'ne'er the twain shall meet'?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 1, April 2009
    • 1 April 2009
    ...ER 1153, 1156 (Lord Abinger CB). (132) See M'Combie v Davies 0805) 7 East 5, 6; 103 ER 3, 4 (Lord Ellenborough CJ); Hollins v Fowler (1875) LR 7 HL 757, 766 (Blackburn .I), 782 (Brett J); Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co v MacNicoll 0918) 88 LJ KB 601, 605 (Aikin J); Oakley v Lyster [193......
  • GOOD FAITH INTERMEDIATION IN THE LAW OF CONVERSION
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...owner's right to possession. 7 Understood to include storage and other functions or tasks which are incidental to the carriage. 8(1874–1875) LR 7 HL 757. 9Hollins v Fowler(1874–1875) LR 7 HL 757 at 766–767. 10 In the end, the latter remarks alluding to the notional position of the finder an......
  • The Scope of Conversion: Property and Contract
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 74-3, May 2011
    • 1 May 2011
    ...(PC) 106(Lord Scarman).65 cf the position in crimi nal theft: Chan Man-SinvThe Queen [1986] AC80 (PC) 106.66 eg Hollins vFowler (1875) LR 7 HL 757(HL), where the defendant was a subsequent converter. Itmay be more accurate to say that a subsequent converter‘interferes’ with the chattel, rat......
  • VINDICATIO The Missing Remedy?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...expressly approving Holt CJ's dictum in Baldwin v Cole(1704) 6 Mod 212; (1704) 87 ER 964 at 540). 99 (1815) 4 M&S 259. 100 (1874–1875) LR 7 HL 757. 101 Stephens v Elwall (1815) 4 M&S 259 at 261. Simon Douglas, Liability for Wrongful Interference with Chattels (Hart Publishing, 2011) at pp 1......

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