Lathrop

This appeal is by the plaintiff from a judgment against her in an action in which she sought to recover three bonds of the Home Telephone and Telegraph Company, of the face value of $1,000 each, which she had delivered to the defendant and which it refused to return to her because of a claim of ownership made by E. S. Crocker, who intervened in the action and in whose favor judgment was given.

The trial court found that intervener was the owner and entitled to the possession of said bonds; that the bonds had been pledged to the husband of plaintiff to secure a loan of $600 made to one Vaughn; that Vaughn had no right or authority to make such pledge. It appears that intervener had permitted the bonds to be used to secure a debt of Edna Brown to one Peck; that when this indebtedness was satisfied, the bonds were received by Vaughn as attorney for Miss Brown and without her knowledge or consent, and without the knowledge or consent of intervener, Vaughn pledged the same to secure a personal loan. The pledgee having died, the bonds were distributed as a part of his estate to his widow, the plaintiff in this action. She had given the trust company possession thereof and intervener…