Boston & Albany Railroad v. Richardson

This case, which is an action of contract with a count in tort, presents an important question, referred *474to, but not decided, in Machinists’ National Bank v. Field, 126 Mass. 345.

In January, 1876, Mrs. Pratt owned five shares of the stock of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, and held a certificate running in her name. Her son forged her name to a blank power of attorney, printed upon the back of the certificate, and delivered it to one Field, a broker. Field sold the shares to the defendants, and delivered to them the certificate with the forged signature thereon. The defendants…