Byers v. Byers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 174, Oct. T., 1903, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny County, Oct. T., 1902, No. 388, on bill in equity in case of Jacob Byers v. William S. Byers and William JR. Byers. Bill in equity for an injunction, discovery and an account. Before Rodgers, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned amongst others was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestbezat,
This was a bill filed against William S. Byers and the Fidelity Title & Trust Company of Pittsburg in the court of common pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county, to compel the surrender to the plaintiff of 175 bonds of the par value of #1,000 each of the Mount Pleasant Coke Company and to compel the defendants to pay to the plaintiff #40,000 in cash or' to deliver to him the securities into which the money may have been converted. The bill averred that the bonds had been entrusted to the defendant Byers for safe-keeping and • were to be returned on demand to the…
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