damages for the taking
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 125 U.S. 426 - Washington Ice Co v. Wesbter · 1888Most cited · 63 citing opinions
all damages resulting from the taking and detention of the goods; that, if the defendant in replevin recovers judgment for a return of the goods replevied, he may, at his election, have the damages which he has sustained by reason of the taking and detention of them to the time of such judgment assessed in the replevin suit, or he may recover those damages in a suit on the bond, but cannot have both; that, if he elects, as he did in the present case, to h
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