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{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Rattlesdene v Grunestone (YB 10 Edw II (54 SS) 140) is a 1317 case in English law.


Facts

The plaintiff claimed that the defendant had sold him a bottle of wine but, before delivery, drew off much of the wine and replaced it with salt water.


Commentary

The academics Mark Lunney and Ken Oliphant argue that in reality the case was likely the result of a shipping accident with the facts fabricated to allow the court to circumvent the ''
vi et armis Trespass ''vi et armis'' was a kind of lawsuit at common law called a tort. The form of action alleged a trespass upon person or property ''vi et armis'', Latin for "by force and arms." The plaintiff would allege in a pleading that the act commi ...
'' requirements which required that loss be suffered 'with force and arms' if a claim was to be brought.Lunney, M. and Olipant, K. (2013), ''Tort Law: Texts and Materials'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 5


See also

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Trespass on the case The writs of trespass and trespass on the case are the two catchall torts from English common law, the former involving trespass against the person, the latter involving trespass against anything else which may be actionable. The writ is also known ...


References

English tort law English contract law 1317 in England