Reeves v. Lyon

Harry Haskell Reeves, as administrator of the estate of his father, commenced this action at law, alleging the conversion by Florene Lyon and Treacy Hart O’Conner of $9,000 par value United States government bonds belonging to the estate of A. M. Reeves. The defendants filed separate answers, in four divisions: (1) Denying generally the allegations of the petition; (2) alleging that plaintiff’s intestate during his lifetime created a trust, the subject-matter of which the United States government bonds were; (3) that the defendants were joint owners and tenants; and, lastly, as to $3,500 par…