Ridgely v. Talbot J. Taylor & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, A. Y. Ridgely, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of June, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, a previous verdict in favor of the plaintiff having been set aside by the court, after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of July, 1904, granting…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, A. Y. Ridgely, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of June, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, a previous verdict in favor of the plaintiff having been set aside by the court, after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of July, 1904, granting the defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict theretofore rendered by the jury in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The plaintiff pleaded a refusal by the defendants to sell certain shares of stock as a breach of the ordinary stockbroker’s agreement to purchase" and carry stock subject to the customer’s order. It appeared that the stock in question was 1,000 shares of a much larger number purchased on account of a pool formed by an agreement signed by the' defendants and several other brokers on behalf of customers. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to establish a contract between him and the defendants, pursuant to which the defendants were to purchase and carry for him said stock, it being…
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