Hyams v. Bamberger
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of the third judicial district, Hon. Chas. S. Zane, Judge. Action by Louis Hyams and John A. Erwin against Simon Bamberger and O. J. Salisbury to recover $15,291.61 damages, for the alleged conversion of certain pledged notes and stock. Tried before T. J. Anderson, referee, who found that plaintiffs were entitled to a judgment for only $252.00, and that defendants were entitled to their costs.
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Appeal from the district court of the third judicial district, Hon. Chas. S. Zane, Judge. Action by Louis Hyams and John A. Erwin against Simon Bamberger and O. J. Salisbury to recover $15,291.61 damages, for the alleged conversion of certain pledged notes and stock. Tried before T. J. Anderson, referee, who found that plaintiffs were entitled to a judgment for only $252.00, and that defendants were entitled to their costs. The report of the referee was confirmed and judgment entered accordingly. From the judgment and from the order overruling the motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appeal. To…
1Opinion of the Court
Babtoh, J.:
This is an action in trover to recover damages for the wrongful conversion of three promissory notes, secured by 2,000 shares of stock of the Bullion-Beck & Champion Mining Co. The notes were made by John Beck in favor of the plaintiff Hyams. The plaintiffs, in substance, allege that they were the owners of the notes on the 18th day of November, 1891; that two of them were for $5,000 each, and one for $4,719.20, bearing interest at 7 per centum per annum, and secured by the 2,000 shares of stock which were in escrow in the State Bank of Utah, to be sold at the request of the legal…
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