1st Nat. Bk. v. So. Beaumont L. I.

The First Notional Bank of Houston, appellant, brought this suit against the South Beaumont Land Improvement Company, appellee, for damages for conversion, alleging that appellant was the owner of certain shares of stock in said company, evidenced by a certificate which had been issued to I. D. Polk, and which had been acquired by appellant, and that it had presented said certificate to said company and demanded that said shares of stock be transferred to it on the books of said company and the issue to appellant of a new stock certificate, but that such company refused to make such transfer,…