Blackmer v. Blackmer

Mr. Justice Bouck,

sitting for Mr. Justice Butler, delivered the opinion of the court.

Our review is of a judgment rendered by the district court in an action of replevin or, as the Code of Civil Procedure terms it, an action to recover possession of personal property. The plaintiff below was Hattie B. Blackmer, the defendant in error here. She sued to recover four certificates of capital stock of the D. F. Blackmer Furniture & Carpet Company, one for 2500 shares (which Mrs. Blackmer claims was a gift to her from her husband and still is hers) and each of the other three for 500 shares, the…