Reading Trust Co. v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 38, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., May T., 1915, No. 63, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of The Beading Trust Company, John D. Eisenbrown, and E. Carroll Schaeffer, Executors of E. W. Alexander, deceased, v. John S. Thompson. Replevin for the recovery of certain coupon bonds. Before Wagner, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 38, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., May T., 1915, No. 63, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of The Beading Trust Company, John D. Eisenbrown, and E. Carroll Schaeffer, Executors of E. W. Alexander, deceased, v. John S. Thompson. Replevin for the recovery of certain coupon bonds. Before Wagner, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for the plaintiff for the bonds replevied, and $10,735.83 damages, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing defendant’s motions for a new trial and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of replevin to recover possession of certain negotiable coupon bonds of the par value of $45,-000, being nine groups of .five thousand dollars each.. The Colonial Trust Company is a banking institution located at Reading, of which the defendant, John S. Thompson, was the active man in charge'as' secretary and'treasurer.
In March, 19.11, E. W.. Alexander, the deceased, rented *335a box in the safe deposit vault of said institution, where' he kept his bonds and other securities. He had the two keys to his box; but keys to the vault, called auxiliary…
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