Robinson v. Hodgson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 112, to January Term 1872. On the 22d of September 1870, Henry D. Hodgson, executor, &c., of Mark A. Hodgson, deceased, brought an action of trover against Robert E. Robinson for certain bonds of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company, which had been stolen from the decedent.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 112, to January Term 1872. On the 22d of September 1870, Henry D. Hodgson, executor, &c., of Mark A. Hodgson, deceased, brought an action of trover against Robert E. Robinson for certain bonds of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company, which had been stolen from the decedent. The case was tried June 13th 1871, before Thayer, J. The plaintiif gave evidence, by James M. Ramsey, the treasurer of the company, that decedent had been the owner of six bonds of $100 each, and one bond of $200, issued by the Philadelphia and Baltimore…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 17th 1873, by
Williams, J.
The main question in this case is, whether the plaintiff below gave such evidence of ownership as entitled him to recover the bonds alleged to have been wrongfully converted by the defendant ? The evidence showing that the bonds were the property of the plaintiff’s testator, and that they were stolen from him, was undisputed. The defendant did not claim to be the owner of them, but set up title in Wm. C. Brandon, who left them with Drexel, Winthrop & Co., of New York, the defendant’s bailors, for sale. The court charged the…
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