Shannon v. Cheney

Plaintiff brought this action to collect from defendant Cheney a debt amounting to something more than two thousand dollars, evidenced by four promissory notes and secured by what purported to be an assignment of said Cheney’s seat in the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board. The original defendants were the Stock and Exchange Board,. Mr. Cheney and certain others described by fictitious names. A personal judgment against defendant Cheney was prayed for, and the court was asked, in addition to the usual request for general relief, to appoint a receiver to sell the seat and to apply the…