Hine v. Commercial Bank

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendants, in an action of trover, for the conversion of 20 shares of the stock of the Bank Building Company, Limited. The declaration contained three counts. The plea was the general issue. The court was requested to direct a verdict in favor of Mr. Whitney and the Commercial *449Bank. His refusal to do so is said to be error. It is tbe claim of plaintiff that on January 18, 1897, she became the owner of the shares of stock by assignment from Theodore Hine, and that on the following day the certificates of stock were left with Mr. Wilder, who was the…