Drake v. Hodgson

This action is brought to recover the sum of $204,601.27, the balance alleged to be due plaintiff from defendants on account of certain stock transactions with the defendants stockbrokers. The action is brought on the theory that the defendant Joseph H. Hodgson, the only defendant served, is liable as surety, as a retiring partner, on certain transactions had with the firm of Gay & Sturgis, of which originally he was a member. The amended complaint alleges that from about July 1, 1910, to and including December 31, 1911, the defendants Hodgson, Gay, Sturgis and Hall were copartners engaged ia…