Bradford v. Harris
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiffs offered., one prayer which will he found in the opinion of the Court, and the defendant offered the four following prayers: 1. That if the jury shall find from the evidence in the case, that the promissory note in question was placed in the hands of the firm of Whitely & Gaither, or in the hands of Seth H. Whitely, stock brokers, by the defendant, for the purpose…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiffs offered., one prayer which will he found in the opinion of the Court, and the defendant offered the four following prayers: 1. That if the jury shall find from the evidence in the case, that the promissory note in question was placed in the hands of the firm of Whitely & Gaither, or in the hands of Seth H. Whitely, stock brokers, by the defendant, for the purpose of their purchasing for him, one hundred shares of stock of the Jordan Mountain Manganese Mining Company, and that at…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs, as assignees of Thomas, J. Wilson, to recover of the defendant the amount of a promissory note for $5,000, dated July 20th, 1888, and payable four months after date, with interest *157at six per cent., value received. The defendant was maker of the note, and it was made payable to his own order, and indorsed by him in blank. This note, at the time of the making and indorsement, was delivered by the defendant to Whitely & Gaither, bankers and brokers in the City of Baltimore, who seem to have been agents for the sale of the stock, thereafter to be issued,…
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