Tracy

The plaintiff instituted this action to compel the defendants to return to him shares of stock of a certain corporation or if return of said stock could not be had, to recover the market value of the stock, which was alleged to be the sum of $1400. The original complaint filed in the suit set forth a cause of action for conversion of the stock. It alleged that on October 10, 1928, the plaintiff and defendants had entered into a written contract, which was attached to the pleading as an exhibit and by reference made a part thereof, and that in accordance with the contract and contemporaneously with its execution the defendants had delivered to the plaintiff the draft of the defendant Stock Assurance Bureau for the sum of $996.96 and as security for the repayment of said sum plaintiff delivered to defendants 20 shares of stock of the Inland Steel Company. It was further alleged that the written contract of the parties provided that upon demand by the plaintiff within 30 days after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the execution of the contract the defendant Stock Assurance Bureau agreed to réturn the shares of stock or their equivalent in like certificates together with…