Legal Opinion
Claris v. Richards
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1933PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, Ch. J.
The plaintiff in this action was the owner of 800 shares of American Radiator Company stock. He indorsed the stock certificate in blank, delivered it to a branch manager of the Marine Trust Company in Buffalo, who forwarded it to Chase, Reade & Co., a brokerage firm in New York, and subsequently he received from his bank registry mail receipts for the stock, signed by Chase, Reade & Co. Subsequently one Bentley, an officer of Chase, Reade & Co., delivered the certificate to Louis Kaiser & Co., a Stock Exchange firm, which sold the stock for Bentley’s account at Bentley’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Roberts v. . ElyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Wright v. . DelafieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Walsh v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Weigel v. . CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Richards v. . Wells Fargo Express Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Pines v. BeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949
- Rothbaum v. R. H. Macy & Co.New York Supreme Court · 1952