Budd v. Multnomah Street Ry. Co.

This is anappeal from a judgméntupon demurrer. The action was in trover, for the conversion of certain shares of •the capital stock of the corporation defendant. The complaint in substance alleges that the plaintiff was the owner of one hundred shares of the capital stock of said corporation defendant, of the value of $10,500, and that the defendant wrongfully took possession of said shares, and disposed of and converted the same to their own úse. The demurrer to the complaint was *272sustained, upon the ground that trover would not lie for the conversion of shares of stock. The only question,…