McCreery v. Wells

Foote, C.

The plaintiff sues to recover five thousand dollars and interest from the defendant.

It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant, on the 4th of November, 1887, received five thousand dollars of the plaintiff’s money, to be invested for the latter in lands of the California Cheap Land Pool; that the defendant did invest the money in that pool, and in some lands or other investments, but not to the use and benefit of the plaintiff, hut in the name of the defendant and for himself; that the plaintiff has demanded his money thus invested in the name of the defendant, and has not…