 The plaintiff being a chimney sweeper's boy found a jewel and carried it to the defendant's shop (who was a goldsmith) to know what it was, and delivered it into the hands of the apprentice, who under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and...  The Law of Remedies for Torts, Or Private Wrongs - Page 287by Francis Hilliard - 1867 - 595 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Courts, Sir John Strange, John Strange - Law reports, digests, etc - 1795 - 836 pages
...came to three halfpence, the matter offered the boy the money, who rcfufed to take it, and inGftcd to have the thing again ; whereupon the apprentice delivered him back the focket without the ftones. And now in trover againll the mafter thefe points were ruled : !• That... | |
 | Edward Christian - Game laws - 1817 - 374 pages
...the hands of the apprentice, who, under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones; and calling to the master to let him know it came to three halfpence,...delivered him back the socket, without the stones. And now, in trover against the master, these points were ruled: 1. That the finder of a jewel, though... | |
 | Sir Edmund Saunders, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1824 - 494 pages
...the hands of his apprentice, who, under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and called to the master to let him know it came to three halfpence, the master offered the boy the money, but he refused to take it, and insisted on having the thing again ; whereupon the apprentice delivered... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - Nisi prius - 1838 - 774 pages
...he refused to take it, and insisted on having the thing again, whereupon the apprentice delivered to him back the socket without the stones; in trover against the master, it was ruled — 1st. That though the finder of a chattel does not acquire an absolute property therein,... | |
 | John William Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 744 pages
...master to let him know it came to three-halfpence, the master offered the boy the money, who refused it take it, and insisted to have the thing again ; whereupon...delivered him back the socket without the stones. And now in trover against the master these points were ruled : — l Com. Dig. 1- That the finder of... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...the hands of the apprentice, who under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and calling to the master to let him know it came to three half-pence,...the master offered the boy the money, who refused to ta^e it, and insisted to have the thing again; whereupon the apprentice delivered him back the socket... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sir Edmund Saunders - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 602 pages
...the hands of his apprentice, who, under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and called to the master to let him know it came to three halfpence; the master offered the boy the money, but he refused to take it, and insisted on having the thing again; whereupon (m) So where the plaintiff... | |
 | John William Smith, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, John William Wallace - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 1006 pages
...weighing it, took out the stones, and calling to the master to let him know it came to three-halfpence, the master offered the boy the money, who refused...delivered him back the socket without the stones. And now in trover against the master these points were ruled : — 1. That the finder of a jewel, though... | |
 | William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1856 - 976 pages
...the hands of the apprentice, who, under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and calling to the master to let him know it came to three halfpence,...delivered him back the socket, without the stones ; and, in trover against the master, several of the trade were examined at the trial, to prove what... | |
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 584 pages
...the hands of the apprentice, who, under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and calling to the master to let him know it came to three half-pence...offered the boy the money, who refused to take it, and demanded to *;52fil have t^e thing again ; whereupon the apprentice *delivered •1 him back the socket... | |
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