Rand v. Hercules Powder Co.

HAZEL, District Judge.

-These two actions were originally brought in the Supreme Court of this state to require issuance to plaintiffs by defendants Hercules Powder Company (herein called the Powder Company) and the New York Trust Company (hereinafter called the Trust Company) of certificates of stock in the first-mentioned corporation which had been mailed by plaintiff to the Powder Company and stolen from the mail in transit, or, in the alternative, if the shares are not reis-suable, to recover their value. Plaintiffs are citizens of Rhode Island; the defendant Powder Company is a citizen of…