Tennant v. Long

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to recover a balance of money which, according to plaintiff’s second amended petition, had been loaned by plaintiff’s guardian to the late A. W. Long, of Manhattan, and to the Long Oil Company, of which he was president and principal managing officer.

The action was originally begun against Long individually, and, on May 1, 1931, plaintiff filed an amended petition in which she alleged that Long had solicited her to buy fifteen shares of the Long Oil Company stock, and as an inducement thereto he orally agreed to repay the…