Town of Fairfield v. Southport National Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for the conversion of fourteen bonds alleged to have been left with the defendant as bailee, and for a recovery of the proceeds thereof received and unlawfully held by the defendant, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, Jupon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court.
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Action for the conversion of fourteen bonds alleged to have been left with the defendant as bailee, and for a recovery of the proceeds thereof received and unlawfully held by the defendant, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, Jupon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court. The complaint contains, in substance, the following allegations : 1. Prior to April 21st, 1903, the plaintiff owned fourteen bonds, of the denomination of $500 each and value of $7,000, which the plaintiff delivered to the defendant, and the defendant received the same as bailee…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The complaint states facts sufficient to support an action against the defendant, based on its liability as the bailee of the plaintiff’s fourteen bonds, and also an action based on the liability of the defendant arising from its reception of the property of the plaintiff (being the proceeds of said bonds), which property the defendant cannot rightfully, equitably, and in good conscience hold.’- These grounds of action are properly stated by setting forth, in consecutive paragraphs, the facts pertinent to the transaction out of which the plaintiff’s true cause of action arose. Craft…
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