Ellis v. Secor

Secor, as administrator of Rachael Hill deceased, recovered judgment against Ellis in trover for the conversion of certain securities, which the latter claimed as having become-his property by a gift in the nature of a gift causa mortis.

There is no dispute about the facts. A part of the-securities consisted of notes against Ellis, and the remainder of notes of other persons in part secured by mortgage. Rachael Hill died intestate, as is supposed, on the 19th day of December, 1873, and either then or between that day and the 26th, when she was found dead in her house-At that time there was…