Legal Opinion
Paine v. St. Paul Union Stockyards Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1929No. 7653PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.
The St. Paul Stockyards Company, plaintiff below, brought suit against William A. Paine and. others, copartners and stockbrokers, doing business under the firm name of Paine, Webber & Co., defendants, to recover the value of government bonds, aggregating $48,-000, on the theory that they had been converted by defendants. The bonds in question had been unlawfully appropriated by one Lindsay, at that time treasurer of the Stockyards Company, and by him deposited with said defendants as collateral security for the purchase price of various stocks and bonds, which…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Holmgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Felton v. SpiroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Ellis v. GinsburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Freid v. McGrathCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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