WILMINGTON TRUST CO. v. BARRY


397 A.2d 135 (1979)

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Virginia J. BARRY, Richard A. Nielsen and Morton Richard Kimmel and Richard Allen Paul, Co-Administrators C.T.A. of the Estate of Josiah Marvel Scott, Deceased, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Pepperman, II of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Victor F. Battaglia and Samuel R. Russell of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, for defendant Barry.


O'HARA, Judge.

This is an action for conversion alleging a scheme to forge and sell $2,392,931.27 in securities belonging to plaintiff's assignors. The action was originally brought in 1971, at which time a writ of foreign attachment was issued as to Barry, a non-resident defendant, seizing the proceeds ($500,000) of a life insurance policy. The policy, on the life of Josiah Scott, whose executors are defendants in this action...

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