ifVefrioomslnd  It  has  been  repeatedly  decided,  that  it  is  within
peculiar  value.  °  the  jurisdiction  of  a  court  of  equity  to  compel  the
specific  delivery  up  of  heirlooms  or  chattels  of  pecu-
liar value  to  the  owner,  and  on  the  same  grounds  as
in  cases  of  agreement,  that  the  specific  thing  is  the
object,  and  damages  will  not  afford  an  adequate
compensation.^  "  Thus,  the  Pusey  Horn,  the  patera
of  the  Duke  of  Somerset,  were  things  of  such  a
character  as  a  jury  might  (possibly)  estimate  by
their  weight ;  and  this  would  obviously  be  a  very
inadequate  and  unsatisfactory  measure  of  damages.
In  all  cases,  therefore,  where  the  object  of  the  suit
is  not  open  to  compensation  by  damages,  it  would  be
strange  if  the  law  of  this  country  did  not  afford  any
remedy;  and  great  would  be  the  injustice,  if  an  in-
dividual cannot  have  his  property  without  being  lia-
ble to  the  estimate  of  people  who  cannot  value  it  as
he  does. "^
lormwice  where  '^^®  cascs  which  have  been  referred  to  are  not  the
iSonexfits.*^^^*"  ^^^J  class  of  cascs  in  which  the  court  will  entertain
a  suit   for  delivery   up  of   specific  chattels.     For,


1  2  J.  &  H.  544.
2  Somerset  v.  Cookson,  1  Smith  L.  C.  891 ;  Pusey  v.  Pusey,  1
Vern.  273.
sFeUsv.  Read,  3  Ves.  70;  Macclesfield  v.  Davis,  3  V.  &  B.
