Elliott v. Seattle Co.

Respondent, as plaintiff, instituted this action to recover the sum of nineteen hundred dollars, the value of certain stocks belonging to him, which he alleged had been converted by the defendant.

The cause was tried to the court, sitting without a jury, resulting in findings of fact favorable to the plaintiff and a judgment against the defendant as prayed for. The defendant has appealed.

In the final analysis, this case turns, as we see it, upon a very narrow issue of fact.

The respondent alleged and his proof tended to show that, at the time in question, he was the owner of certain bonds which…