Independence State Bank v. Drohen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

The appeal in this case is by James W. Drohen, one of three defendants, against whom a judgment of foreclosure was rendered in favor of the plaintiff bank involving certain shares of corporate stock owned by him, which the plaintiff claimed had been pledged to it by A. W. Drohen, a brother of the appellant, to secure an indebtedness of A. W. Drohen to the plaintiff bank, the appellant *40denying any knowledge, consent or authority from him to the pledging of the same. The case was tried by a jury and a verdict and judgment were rendered in…