Lee v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by H. D. Boyd, as guardian of Sallie Stricklan, an infant, against Charles S. Lee and W. P. Mount, to recover damages for the alleged conversion by the defendants of certain municipal bonds issued by the city of Troy under authority of law; and was commenced on the 13th January, 1887. The record does not show what pleas were filed; but there was a judgment on verdict against…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by H. D. Boyd, as guardian of Sallie Stricklan, an infant, against Charles S. Lee and W. P. Mount, to recover damages for the alleged conversion by the defendants of certain municipal bonds issued by the city of Troy under authority of law; and was commenced on the 13th January, 1887. The record does not show what pleas were filed; but there was a judgment on verdict against the defendant Lee, and in favor of the defendant Mount. “On the trial,” as the bill of exceptions states, “the…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The action is brought for the alleged conversion by the defendant, Lee, of certain bonds of the city of Troy, Ala., which the plaintiff, Boyd, claims as the property of a minor child, of whom he is the legal guardian. These bonds, according to the plaintiff’s version of the case, had been pledged by one Higgins, as collateral security for money advanced by Lee, to be .invested in a joint purchase of what is commonly known as “cotton futures.” According to the defendant’s 'version of the testimony, however, they had been Sold to him for fifty cents in the dollar, the proceeds to be applied, by…
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