Metcalf v. Williams

This is an action of tort for the conversion of one hundred shares of stock. On November 22,1883, the plaintiff purchased one hundred shares through the defendant, who acted for her as a friend, without pay. On December 21, 1883, the defendant ordered a broker to buy one hundred shares more on sixty days’ credit, and deposited the first 'purchased shares as security. This deposit is the conversion relied on. The parties disagreed in their testimony as to the defendant’s authority to make this purchase.

On December 31, 1883, the plaintiff asked the defendant how she should know, if anything…