Pelueger v. Broadway Trust & Savings Bank

An action of replevin was brought by plaintiff in error, Alexander W. Pflueger, in the circuit court of Cook county, against the Broadway Trust and Savings Bank, defendant in error, for the recovery of three $1000 debenture bonds issued by the Container Corporation of America. There were pleas by defendant in error of not guilty and a special plea alleging that the bonds were payable to bearer and negotiable; that they were negotiated before maturity, and that defendant in error took them without knowledge of any defect of title and became the holder thereof in due course. There was a trial…