Muzzy v. Rockingham County Trust Co.

The principal issue in this case is whether the trial court properly granted the defendant’s motion for nonsuit in an action to recover damages for the alleged conversion by the defendant bank by its retention of certain stock certificates belonging to the plaintiff. The standard of review is whether the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom, construed most favorably to the plaintiff, would permit a jury to find in her favor. Scott v. J.J. Brady & Sons, Inc., 113 N.H. 65, 67, 302 A.2d 108, 109 (1973); Dubreuil v. Dubreuil, 107 N.H. 519, 520, 229 A.2d 338, 339 (1967).

The basic facts…