Morton v. Preston
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of Trover brought to recover damages for the conversion of certain shares of stock. Judgment was^ rendered in favor of the defendant below. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. Although the property represented by the certificate in question be considered as being situated in the State of New York where the corporation exists, yet the plaintiff may maintain this action. a.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of Trover brought to recover damages for the conversion of certain shares of stock. Judgment was^ rendered in favor of the defendant below. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. Although the property represented by the certificate in question be considered as being situated in the State of New York where the corporation exists, yet the plaintiff may maintain this action. a. TTpon grant of letters, the administrator is clothed with the legal title to - all the personal property of the intestate, including choses in action. —Beecher v. Buckingham, 18…
1Opinion of the Court
Graves J.
The plaintiff in error brought trover in the Court below against Preston, to recover damages for the alleged conversion by him of a certificate for fifty shares of stock of the Buffalo and Detroit Transportation Company, and which certificate, and the stock represented by it, Mrs. Morton claimed to have belonged to the estate of her late husband.
It appeared in evidence on the trial, that Mr. Morton died intestate in this State, in February, 1865, leaving his widow, the plaintiff, and three children; namely, J. Sterling Morton, William D. Morton, and Emma Morton, all of full age, him…
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