West v. Tintic Standard Mining Co.

The plaintiff, West, by her complaint, alleged that she, on January, 1925, and for many years prior thereto, was the owner of a certificate, No. 870, for 500 shares of the capital stock of the defendant, Tintie Standard Mining Company, a corporation; that an attorney at law, David Jenson, at Ogden, Utah, by some means unknown to her, on January 17, 1925, wrongfully obtained possession of the certificate, and on the back thereof filled out a printed blank indorsement by writing therein the name of “David Jenson, trustee,” as the assignee and transferee, and forged the plaintiff’s name thereto…