Vertman v. Drayton

In March, 1935, the plaintiff filed her petition at law for damages against the defendant for conversion of the sum of $10,000, which petition reads as follows:

“During the year 1929, the plaintiff was residing in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and on or about the 15th day of June, A. D. 1929, .defendant visited her there and orally represented to her that he, with one or two others, were about to organize a certain corporation to be named Royal Recreation Company, Inc., for the purpose of controlling and operating a certain bowling alley and recreation parlor in the City of Davenport, Iowa,…