¶1 reads for modifying judgment and mating it for $500, with interest from January 5, 1865, payable in gold, with costs in the court below, payable in currency, without costs to either party in this court.
¶2 Judgment accordingly.
49 N.Y. 653
Phillips v. . Speyers
Decided March 26, 1872
New York Court of Appeals · decided 1872-03-26
Action for conversion of $500 in gold. The judgment below was for the value of the gold in currency at time of demand. Held: that the verdict should have been in gold dollars, not currency, on authority of Kellogg v. Sweeney (46 N. Y., 291).
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1894
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Decided 1872-03-26
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