New York Court of Appeals

Clark R. Griggs, Respondent v. Melville C. Day, as Surviving Executors

November 29, 1892136 N.Y. 152

Summary

The Court reversed the judgment for the plaintiff, holding that Garrison's surrender of the promissory notes constituted a wrongful conversion and that damages are measured by the actual value of the notes, not their face value, and that Garrison's private accounting entries were not binding on the plaintiff.