James v. Weiffenbach

This is an action in replevin, commenced in March, 1923, to recover the possession of three certificates of stock, aggregating twenty shares, of the Progressive Company, a corporation. The complaint fixed the value of the stock at $1,500. Upon appropriate denials, including one that the stock was of any greater value than $200, a jury trial was had, which resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff as demanded in the complaint. Defendant’s motion for a new trial having been denied, he has appealed from a judgment on the verdict.

A number of assignments of error have been made which very…