Legal Opinion
Cantu v. Fenner, Beane Ungerleider
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 4, 1935No. 33098PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is a suit by a customer against his stockbrokers, to recover damages said to have been sustained as a result of the alleged illegal and unauthorized sale of plaintiff’s stocks purchased on margin through defendants. The petition alleges that the defendants were employed by the plaintiff under a written contract dated August 22, 1932, as his brokers and agents, to buy and sell stocks for his account on a 30 per cent, margin, the balance of the purchase price being loaned by the defendants to petitioner at the prevailing interest rate and the stock being pledged as…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Standard Brewing Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Underwood v. . Farmers' Joint Stock Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Sholes v. Continental Casualty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
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