Jones v. Foster

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The appeal in this case is from a judgment of the District- Court in a suit at law, after jury trial, in the sum of $10,984.77 “with interest thereon at' 6% from March 9, 1931,” in favor of the plaintiff, a citizen- of Oregon, against the defendant, a citizen of Virginia, who is the appellant here. The suit was brought to recover a balance in the hands of the appellant alleged to be due the appellee, as a result of a sale of certain shares of stock belonging to the appellee but held by the appellant as collateral security for. a note of the appellee. The defence was…