Bacon, Receiver v. Barber

This is an action brought by the plaintiff as receiver of the insolvent National Bank of Bellows Falls to recover an assessment duly levied upon the shares of the stock of that institution, of which the defendant is claimed to have been the owner on the day upon which the bank was closed. The defendant denies that he was then the owner. The cause was tried by jury, and at the close of plaintiff’s evidence the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, to which the plaintiff excepted.

There seems to be little dispute concerning the facts which the evidence tended to show. The defendant’s…