Haigler v. Donnelly

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “defendant, acting as agent for plaintiffs, received stipulated sum of money belonging to plaintiffs and refused to account for it after a proper demand.”
• “money cannot be the subject of an action for conversion unless a specific sum capable of identification is involved (Baxter v. King, 81 Cal.App. 192 [253 P. 172])”
• A broker under a net sales contract is not entitled to compensation unless he successfully negotiates a sale for more than the net amount
• “[E]xemplary damages may not be recovered in an 2 || action based upon a contractual obligation even though the breach of contract is willful or 3 malicious.”
• punitive damages are 5 recoverable for conversion
• punitive damages are 5 recoverable for conversion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).