Hocker v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Lake County. The facts in the ease are stated in the opinion ,;Iie court.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
The plaintiff, through Murphy & Co., brokers in Savannah, Ga., made a contract on the New York Exchange for the pur chase of seven hundred bales of cotton to N' delivered in August following. To protect the brolors *365in carrying this contract he had deposited with them $595, and they were to hold the contract of purchase for his benefit so long as the deposit protected them, and to sell under his direction. At 7 o’clock A. M. on June 9 th he telegraphed his brokers through one of the Jacksonville offices of the defendant company to “close contracts on decline of two points after reaching six.…
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- Sheehy v. ShinnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- Hopkins v. O'KaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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