Gray v. Gray
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action of trover by the executor of the last will and testament of Lewis F. Gray and against Etta F. Gray, testator’s widow, to recover damages for the alleged conversion of a bond for one thousand dollars of the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway Company, and alleged to be of the value of one thousand dollars, gold coin of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, and bank 'bills, gold and silver certificates of the value of sixty-five…
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On report. This is an action of trover by the executor of the last will and testament of Lewis F. Gray and against Etta F. Gray, testator’s widow, to recover damages for the alleged conversion of a bond for one thousand dollars of the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway Company, and alleged to be of the value of one thousand dollars, gold coin of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, and bank 'bills, gold and silver certificates of the value of sixty-five dollars. The defendant claimed that all of the above enumerated property was given and delivered to her by her husband,…
1Opinion of the CourtHaley, J.
This is an action of trover by Alvarado Gray, executor of the will of Lewis F. Gray, against Etta F. Gray, the widow of said Lewis, to recover the value of a one thousand dollar bond, of the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Co., gold coin of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, and bank bills and gold and silver certificates of the value of sixty-five dollars.
At the conclusion of the testimony the case was taken from the jury and reported to this court upon the following stipulation:
“That if upon the evidence a verdict for defendant, or a verdict for the plaintiff based…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dows v. SwettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
3Cited by4 opinions
- Skellenger v. EnglandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
- Anderson v. LordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1936
- Holmes v. VigueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
- Casey v. TopliffeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1934