Coffin v. Anderson

This was an action of trover brought by Anderson against Coffin. The declaration charges the defendant with converting, to his own use, certain bank-notes belonging to the plaintiff of the value of 6,000 dollars. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and also the following three special pleas: First, That the defendant, as cashier of the Richmond branch bank, received the notes into the bank, on special deposite, from one Samuel W. Forsha, the holder of the notes. Secondly, That the notes were the property of the Richmond branch bank, of which the defendant was cashier; and that the…