Smith v. Goodin

*231By the Court,

Colem:an, J.:

This action was instituted to recover an amount alleged to be due the plaintiffs (respondents) on account of the purchase of certain stock upon the request of the defendant (appellant). From a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, the defendant has appealed. We will allude to the parties as they were designated in the trial court.

The undisputed facts are these: On March 25, 1919, the defendant employed the plaintiffs, who were stoekbrokers, to purchase for his account 2,000 shares of stock. The defendant, who resides at Lovelock, Nevada, telephoned the order to the…