Birney v. Birney

The original bill alleges that the complainant entrusted to the defendant, his daughter, for safekeeping, bonds and securities of the value of $63,000; that she refused to return them; that from the sale of the securities she has invested approximately $40,000 in bonds, stocks and certificates of indebtedness, which are now in the possession of the Hudson Trust Company of Hoboken. The prayer is that she account, that the trust company make discovery, and that both be enjoined pendente lite from transferring the securities, and for other relief. The daughter, a resident of California, answers,…