Mordecai v. Pearl
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Robert L. Mordecai, an infant, by Allen L. Mordecai, his guardian ad litem, against Dyer Pearl, Eugene L. Mordecai, and George C. Thomas to recover money advanced as margins on stock purchased and sold. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendants appeal.
1Per curiam
It is conceded by the appellants that the plaintiff, an infant, had a right to recover the money deposited by him with the appellants on- his returning to the appellants all that he had received under the contract. It does not appear, however, that the infant has received anything under this contract, except the notices of the purchases and sales of the stock made by the defendants for his account. He certainly never received any of the stock alleged to have been purchased for him, nor the proceeds of the sales of any of the stock alleged to have been sold for his account; and, as the notices…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Green v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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