Salomon v. Ellis

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, Salomon, to recover possession of voting trust certificates representing 920 shares of the cumulative class A common stock of National Automotive Fibres, Inc., to recover $345 allegedly received by defendants as dividends on said stock, and to recover damages caused by reason of the detention of said stock. Defendant Zellerbach filed an answer and cross-complaint in which he asserted a lien upon the stock for certain sums advanced at the request of Ellis, a co-defendant. The trial court gave judgment that plaintiff take nothing by reason of his…