Lazard v. Wheeler

The complaint in this case avers that on the first day of June, 1859, the defendant wrongfully took certain county warrants, owned by Charles R. Johnson, and refused to deliver the same to Johnson upon demand, but unlawfully kept and detained the same; that on the first day of November, 1859, Johnson sold, transferred, and assigned to the plaintiff all his right, title, and interest, in the warrants and the. moneys which might be made on the same; that plaintiff has often since demanded the warrants of defendant, who refused to give them up; and that the warrants are of the value of eight…