Roecher v. Commercial National Bank

MB. JUSTICE FÓKD

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action in conversion brought by plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Nelson Story, Sr., deceased, against defendant for the recovery of certain personal property, hereafter referred to as the “trust securities.”

The complaint is in the usual form in this character of action. Defendant, by answer, admitted the possession of the property described in the complaint at the time of the death of Nelson Story, Sr., and alleged that it received the property pursuant to the terms of two certain agreements dated December 14, 1923,…