C. F. Childs & Co. v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank ex rel. American Surety Co.

CARPENTER, District Judge.

The action before the trial court and a jury was in trover, for the recovery of the value of 23 United States Victory 4% per cent, bonds, of the par value of $1,000 each, maturity date May 20, 1923.

When the evidence was all presented, attorneys for both parties asked for a directed verdict. “This was necessarily a request that the court find the facts, and the parties are therefore concluded by the finding made by the court, upon which the resulting instruction of law was given. The facts having been thus submitted to the court, we are limited in reviewing its action…