Judah v. Trustees of Vincennes University

The appellees sued Judah, averring that he “ wrongfully, unlawfully, and in violation of his duty as an attorney, converted and disposed of, to his own use, bonds of * ' j * the State of Indiana to the amount of $25,000, and coupons hereto attached, the property of the plaintiffs, which had been issued under the act of February 13, 1855.”

The answer and reply each consist of several lengthy paragraphs, too voluminous to find a place in this opinion.

The history of the controversy, as placed upon the record by these pleadings, is, in substance: that the appellees, near twenty years since,…