Fuge v. Quincy Co-operative Bank

In 1919 the plaintiff bought from the defendant five of its shares, May Series No. 66 of 1919, at $200 a share, paying $40 a share down. The balance was to be paid in monthly instalments of $1 a share. He married in 1925. The book representing the shares was kept in a desk in his house, where his wife had access to it. She made some of the payments with his money. The last payment made by him personally was in 1927. He looked for the book in 1930, but could not find it. In September, 1930, about the time when his wife left him, he went to the defendant, and discovered what had happened. It…