Case Name: Tayloe v. Turner
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1820-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 203
Docket Number: 
Parties: Tayloe v. Turner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 203–203

Head Matter:
Tayloe v. Turner.
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.

Opinion:
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. 200.