Hide & Leather National Bank v. Alexander

Josephine P. Alexander, appellee, brought this suit in trover against the Hide and Leather National Bank, appellant, for damages for the conversion of a promissory note for $10,000. The parties waived a jury and tried the case before the court. At the -trial plaintiff proved that she was the owner of the promissory note, which was executed by Godfrey Schmid, dated June 15, 1892, payable five years after date to the order of the maker, with interest at six per cent until maturity and seven per cent after maturity, and secured by a trust deed on real estate in Chicago. The note was endorsed in…