Stevenson v. Hunter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

These are two actions in replevin brought separately by two donees of certificates of stock in the Cities Service Company to recover them from the defendant, Mrs. Hunter. The donation and assignment of the stock, four shares in one case and six in the other, were alleged to have been made by the owner, Lucy A. Milliken, December 2, 1927, and placed in the hands of the defendant, Mrs. Hunter, as trustee for the plaintiffs. The donor died intestate July 1, 1928. A granddaughter, as sole and only heir at law, was permitted to intervene in…