Holly v. Domestic & Foreign Missionary Soc. of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit brought to recover certain moneys received by the defendant the Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society, etc., through the check of one Thompson, upon the theory that the check was paid by the misappropriation of a trust fund in Thompson’s hands belonging to the complainant. The facts are these: The complainant employed Thompson as an attorney and conveyancer about the purchase of certain real estate, and June 19, .1890, delivered to him a check for $12,000, with instructions to apply the proceeds to the payment of the purchase money. Instead of doing so,…
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