Gentry v. Dugger

This case presents the perplexing problem of where the loss shall fall among two innocent persons, the owner of an unindorsed real estate note and the purchaser of the note from a defaulting broker who was trusted with the note for collection. Briefly, the following facts are shown by the record:

After the completion of the proof herein the named appellee (complainant below) died. The action is properly revived in the name of Frankie D. Thrasher, acj-ministratrix of her estate. Mrs: Dugger was the owner of several pieces of real estate which she placed with one Walter Chamberlain for sale.…