501 So. 2d 358 - Walker v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably 641 So. 2d 20 - Tharp v. Bunge Corp. (1994), Smith v. Franklin Custodian Funds, Inc. (1998)
1 district · 16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 431 So. 2d 454 - Tideway Oil Programs, Inc. v. Serio · 466 So. 2d 833 - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Miss. v. Campbell · Wilbourn v. Boyette · Mississippi Motor Finance, Inc. v. Thomas · 487 So. 2d 1320 - Miss. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Garrett
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Conversion requires an intent to exercise dominion or control over goods which is inconsistent with the true owner's right.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“The intent required is not necessarily a matter of conscious wrongdoing. It is rather an intent to exercise a dominion or control over the goods which is in fact inconsistent with the plaintiff's rights. A purchaser of stolen goods or an auctioneer who sells them in the utmost good faith becomes a converter, since the auctioneer's acts are an interference with the control of the property. A mistake of law is no defense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“We cannot say the jury verdict in this case is such that it must be set aside. The jury was instructed that it could award actual and consequential damages. The jury could have considered the amount of money lost on the shipment not being delivered, the Browns' expenses in staying in Mississippi for nearly five days and the consequential harm resulting from the trailer's detention. The Browns expended $420.00 on food and hotel bills and Brown had to sell his four-month old CB radio at a loss to obtain cash. The jury also could have considered lost business because of the extended stay in Jackson. Raymond Brown, Jr. testified that he intended to deliver the produce and then contract to carry another load, but could not because the trailer was gone. Brown testified that he could have delivered the produce by September 10, giving him two to three days during which he could have obtained and possibly delivered another load. We find no error in the jury award.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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