“So, also, where one delivers a conveyance, which acknowledges receipt of the consideration price, and discharges the disponee, this does not exclude his action for the price, if the disponee, on receiving delivery, refuses payment; the disponee is still liable ex dolo, the deed having been delivered spe numerandae pecuniae.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 582 (4th ed. 1894).
spe numerandae pecuniae
spe numerandae pecuniae (spee n[y]oo-m[schwa]-ran-dee pi-kyoo-nee-ee). [Law Latin] Scots law. In the hope of the money being paid.
