Chandler v. Satchell

In the trial court Pauline Satchell was plaintiff and J. Merritt Chandler and The Accomac Banking Company, Incorporated, were defendants.

The action was that of trespass on the case in which the plaintiff claimed the loss of $1,500, the sum which she paid for certain bonds which she was induced to purchase by the representations of the defendants, and which turned out to be worthless.

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence the court struck out the whole of it so far as it referred to the banking company, and a verdict in its favor was rendered by the jury. The trial proceeded against J.…