Case Name: Joseph Phillips, Respondent, v. Albert Speyers, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1872-03-26
Citations: 49 N.Y. 653
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Phillips, Respondent, v. Albert Speyers, Appellant.
Judges: All concur; Rapallo, J., of counsel, not voting.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 653–654

Head Matter:
Joseph Phillips, Respondent, v. Albert Speyers, Appellant.
(Argued February 27, 1872;
decided March 26, 1872.)
Action for conversion of $500 in gold. The judgment below was for the value of the gold in currency at time of demand. Held, that the verdict should have been in gold dollars, not currency, on authority of Kellogg v. Sweeney (46 N. Y., 291).
William A. Beach for the appellant.
Samuel Hand for the respondent.

Opinion:
Pegkham, J.,
reads for modifying judgment and mating it for $500, with interest from January 5, 1865, payable in gold, with costs in the court below, payable in currency, without costs to either party in this court.
All concur; Rapallo, J., of counsel, not voting.
Judgment accordingly.