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· 5/18/1891

Hayes v. Inhabitants of Hyde Park

Citations

  • 153 Mass. 514
  • 12 L.R.A. 249
  • 27 N.E. 522
  • 1891 Mass. LEXIS 325

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that regardless of “[wjhether the conversion was actual or constructive,” the appellee committed a conversion when she wrongfully exercised dominion over the appellant’s property
  • remanding to the trial court to calculate damages based on unjust enrichment to the conversion tortfeasor
  • finding appellee converted appellant’s tract books when she made microfilm copies of the books, “exer-cis[ing] dominion over the property in violation of appellant’s right to possession”

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Judges: Holmes

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