Tuckerman v. Mearns
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by Wolcott Tuckerman against William A. Mearas, Charles P. Williams, Rudolph Kauffman, and others. From a decree 'dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDED,
Associate Justice. Appellant, plaintiff below, brought a suit in equity in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to recover the value of certain stock purchased for him by defendant firm of Lewis Johnson & Co.
Lewis Johnson & Co. were a copartnership, conducting a banking and stock brokerage business in the city of Washington from 1858 until November, 1914, when it went into bankruptcy. At the time of the transaction here involved, the partners constituting the firm were defendants Mearas and Williams and one John W. Henry. Plaintiff was a customer of the bank, and on March…
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