Legal Opinion
Morris v. Courts
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 1, 1939No. 27337PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.
The question here presented is whether or not, where the owner of a stock certificate has signed in blank on the back thereof a transfer and power of attorney, and has delivered it to another for a named purpose, he may maintain an action of conversion against a third party who, without notice of any defect in the title, purchases from a successive holder the certificate bearing the executed transfer and power of attorney, and thereafter delivers it to another purchaser. It is shown by the record that C. *671F. Morris signed in blank a transfer and power of attorney and delivered a described…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- National Safe Deposit, Sav. & Trust Co. of DC v. HibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Georgia Casualty Co. v. McRitchieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
- Groover v. Savannah Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. GrooverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
- Fulton National Bank v. MoodyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. RodoussakisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
- Morris v. Georgia Power CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Blount v. BainbridgeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- Simson v. MoonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Berger v. NobleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
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