Case No. 13,770.

TAYLOE v. TURNER.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 203.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

June Term, 1820.

DAMAGES—MEASURE OF—STOCK.

The rule of damages for not transferring stock according to contract, is the price of the stock on the day on which it ought to have been transferred.

Debt on bond conditioned to transfer stock of the Washington Bridge Company.

THE COURT (nem. con.), at the prayer of the plaintiff's counsel, instructed the jury that the rule of damages was the price of the stock on the day on which it ought to have been transferred according to the contract. See Shepherd v. Hampton, 3 Wheat. [16 U. S.] 200.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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