Legal Opinion

Hopkins v. Clark

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, James F. A. Clark and others, from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 8th day of April, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said, clerk’s'office on the 6fh day of May, 1895, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J.:

The action was "brought, to recover" the balance of an account which the plaintiff claimed against the defendants. It Ayas conceded that for a considerable time before the month of February, 1893, the defendant .Campbell had been in the employ of Brown, Riley & Co., who were brokers in the city of Boston. -During that time the. plaintiff,.who was a personal acquaintance and friend of Campbell, had procured to have purchased by the firm of Brown, Riley & Co., 200 shares of stock of the Louisville, NeAV Albany and Chicago Railroad Company upon a margin; and to secure BroAvn, Riley &…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kavanagh v. . WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Heinemann v. . HeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  3. Glenn v. . GarthNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Wilcox v. SelleckNew York Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Burhorn v. LockwoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  2. Burguete v. G. W. Bond & Bro. Mercantile Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Manning v. HeidelbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  4. Burnham v. LawsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  5. Hathcock v. MacKubinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1934

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