California Supreme Court October 11, 1889, No. 12213 (Robinson v. Nevada Bank)

Hayne, C.

This was an action for damages for the conversion of 3,748 sacks of wheat. The defense was" that the wheat had been pledged to the bank by the respondent’s intestate, J. H. Byers, acting through one W. A. Mathews, who is claimed to have been his agent, to secure the payment of money advanced by the bank, which money had not been repaid.