Gaffney v. People's Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Ray M. Gaffney, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Broome on the 9th day of February, 1920, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial by the court without a jury, dismissing the complaint on the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
H. T. Kellogg, J.:
On the 20th day of January, 1909, one C. Frederick Hess was the owner of twenty-one shares of the capital stock of the Binghamton Trust Company, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York. The certificate representing these shares was upon that day surrendered to the corporation, and in its place two certificates were issued, one of which was for twenty shares and named the plaintiff, Ray M. Gaffney, as the person entitled thereto. This certificate was issued without the knowledge or authority of the plaintiff. On the same day a broker named…
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