Winner v. Penniman

This action was brought by the appellant to recover damages from the appellee for the conversion of a promissory note, given to the appellant by the Rockland and Venango Coal Oil Company, for $5,000, dated the 21st of January, 1865, and payable sixty days after date. The appellee pleaded the general issue, and also “ that he did what is complained of by the plaintiff’s leave.”

That part of the proof in the case to which it is necessary more particularly to refer for a proper understanding of the question presented by this appeal, is as follows: The appellant, it appears, had sold to the…