Maxwell v. Evans

— The complaint of the appellant charges that the appellees were private bankers; that she deposited with them bonds of the United States for safe-keeping; that they agreed with her to keep the bonds safely, to detach and collect for her the coupons; that they fraudulently appropriated the bonds and coupons to their own use. To this complaint Evans answered, admitting that his co-defendants were his partners as charged, and averring that the bonds were left in charge of the defendant "William S. Magill; that, of the possession or sale of the bonds by Magill, he, Evans, had no knowledge…