Stowell v. . Chamberlain

The recovery by the plaintiff is in assumpsit, for the value of thirteen United States bonds, deposited with the defendants at their request, and sold by them as the agent of the plaintiff, he ratifying the sale and the defendants promising to pay for the same. The verdict of the jury for the plaintiff sustains the allegations of the complaint and establishes the facts above stated, which were the only facts in issue. No exception was taken to the right of the plaintiff to recover upon the facts thus stated and found. The defendants interposed, as a defence and as a bar to the action, a…