Henderson v. Security Nat. Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that punitive damages are “never awarded as a matter of right,” “are not favored by the law,” and “should be granted with the greatest of caution . . . only in the clearest of cases”
• holding creditor liable for torts committed by independent contractor repossessor
• “[I]f the 6 mortgagee . . . cannot get possession without committing a breach of the peace, he 7 must stay his hand, . . . for the preservation of the public peace is of more importance 8 to society than the right of the owner of a chattel to get possession of it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).