Mercer v Jones
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 20 December 1813 |
| Date | 20 December 1813 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 170 E.R. 1452
IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS
Disapproved, Greening v. Wilkinson, 1825, 1 C. & P. 625.
1452 MERCER V. JONES 3 CAMP. 477. [477] Monday, Dee 20, 1813. mercer r. jones (La trover for a bill of exchange the damages are to be calculated according to the amount of the principal and interest due upon the bill at the time of the conversion.) [Disapproved, Greening v. Wilkinson, 1825, 1 C. & P. 625.] Trover for bills of exchange. The question was, how the damages were to be calculated, the plaintiff contending that he was entitled to interest to the time of final judgment, and the defendant that in this form of action the principal only was recoverable. Lord Ellenborough.-In trover the rule is, that the plaintiff is entitled to damages equal to the value of the article converted at the time of the conversion There is no reason why this rule should not be applied to trover for bills of exchange. The damages, tlieiefore, in this case, must be...
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