· 11/18/1878
Telegraph Co. v. Davenport
Citations
- 97 U.S. 369
- 24 L. Ed. 1047
- 1878 U.S. LEXIS 1461
- 7 Otto 369
How courts have described this case
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- “The great principle that no one can be deprived of his property without his assent, except by the processes of the law, requires . . . that the property wrongfully transferred or stolen should be restored to its rightful owner”
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