Mead v Hamond
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1795 |
Date | 01 January 1795 |
Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation:93 E.R. 663
COURTS OF CHANCERY, KING'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
[505] mead vers. hamond. Ibid. Trover lies against master for goods delivered to the apprentice. The plaintiff according to the common course of dealing delivered to the defendant's servant an ingot of gold to essay ; and it not being returned, he brought trover against the master. And the Chief Justice directed the jury, that the delivery 664 HILARY TERM, 8 GEO. 1 8TRAHOB, J06...
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