O'Connor v. Central National Bank & Trust Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

Edward T. O’Connor as trustee of the estate, under the terms of the last will and testament of Thomas P. Hayden, deceased, started'a suit in the circuit court of Peoria county against the defendant, the Central National Bank & Trust Company of Peoria, to recover the proceeds of the sale of U. S. Treasury Bonds aggregating $22,800 face value, originally owned by the plaintiff, and alleged to have been converted to its own use by the defendant. It is alleged that Edward T. O’Connor took these bonds to Rogers & Company, a brokerage…