Harris v. Burnside

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining in a tort action for property damages that “punitive damages are allowable in tort actions, not only as a punishment for wrong, but as a vindication of private rights when it is proved that such have been wantonly, willfully or maliciously violated”
• bailment contract imposes upon bailee duty of care, breach of which constitutes a tort

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).