Worn v. Fry

Gibson, C.

This appeal comes from a judgment in favor of defendants and an order denying a new trial entered and made in an action to recover the value of certain shares of the capital stocks of certain mining companies alleged to have been wrongfully converted by defendant Fry’s testator and defendant Neal while doing a partnership business as stock-brokers under the firm name of Fry, Neal & Co.

It appears from the record that on October 1, 1878, plaintiff’s testator, Bullock, who, for some time prior thereto, had been engaged in the business of buying and selling shares of mining stocks,…