It appears that the plaintiff’s assignor surrendered the bonds in suit to an agent of defendant, receiving in return a certificate, by the terms of which certain securities were to be delivered to the former upon payment of installments aggregating $300. It is to be gathered from the testimony of the plaintiff’s assignor that the bonds so surrendered were understood to be received in part payment of the total number of installments, and it is admitted that no further payments were made by the said assignor upon the certificate. This action was brought for the conversion of the bonds surrendered as above, and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. While it would appear from the evidence relative to the nature of these instruments that they came within the rule of Kohn v. Koehler, 96 N. Y. 362, and therefore were not to be viewed as lottery tickets, yet it is unnecessary to decide the point, since the judgment cannot be sustained upon the pleadings and proof. Granting that the individual to whom the bonds were delivered was the agent of defendant, the evidence fails to establish the fact that the possession, retention, or disposal of the chattels thus attributable was in any way tortious. Plaintiff’s assignor voluntarily parted with the bonds, receiving in return the certificate as above noted. No evidence is given as to any attempt upon her
Errors appear in rulings on the trial, but, in view of the conclusion reached by us upon the facts, it is unnecessary to discuss them. Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.