Ballenger v. Liberty National Life Insurance Co.

96 So.2d 728 (1957)

G. E. BALLENGER

v.

LIBERTY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

6 Div. 73.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 20, 1957.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1957.

Francis Hare and Sirote, Permutt, Friend & Friedman, Birmingham, for appellant.

Frank E. Spain, Ira L. Burleson, Ralph B. Tate and Spain, Gillon & Young, Birmingham, for appellee.

SIMPSON, Justice.

G. E. Ballenger, on February 4, 1955, sued Liberty National Life Insurance Company for the conversion by it of certain shares of stock allegedly owned by the plaintiff, claiming $250,000 as damages. The complaint alleged that plaintiff was one of…