Craven v. Wright

— Plaintiff commenced this action against L. D. Johnson and John Charles Wright to recover, as money had and received, the sum of $1,500 alleged to have been paid to Johnson by plaintiff for the purchase by him for plaintiff of stock in a corporation not then formed, and which it is alleged was wrongfully diverted to another purpose by the defendants. The complaint contains the necessary averments to sustain an action for conversion of the money, but expressly states that plaintiff waives the tort and sues upon an implied contract for the return of the money. At the close of the testimony…