Hall v. Davis

This is an action for $100,000 damages, the plaintiff claiming that the defendants have converted to their own use 200 shares of the stock of the Aluminum Company of America belonging to the plaintiff. The parties have stipulated to try the case before the court without a jury.

The plaintiff is a sister of the defendants’ testator, who died in December, 1914. Her contention is that on August 1, 1911, she was the owner of certificates Nos. 460 and 461. of the stock -of said company and that on that day she borrowed $12,500 from her brother and deposited with him certificate No. 460 as…