Jefferson v. Hale

Harrison, J.:

This was an action by W. P. Hale, administrator of Josiah B. Murray, deceased, against J. T. Jefferson, surviving partner of the firm of Jefferson & Edrington, to recover the value of certain Arkansas State warrants, or scrip, and Mississippi County scrip^-$5,000 of the former, and $2,000 of the latter — deposited by his intestate with said firm and converted by them to their own use.

The State warrants were alleged in the complaint, to be worth sixty-five cents, and the county scrip, eighty-five cents on the dollar.

The defendant’s answer denied only the bailment, or that such…