Gould v. Trask
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by William Gould, Jr., against Spencer Trask and others for the conversion of certain stocks held by defendants as brokers. Judgment for defendants on the report of a referee. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants entered on the report of a referee. The action is to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on account of the alleged conversion by the defendants of certain shares of stock. The plaintiff commenced buying stocks on a margin through the firm of Trask & Traver, about May, 1880. The present defendants succeeded that firm in May, 1881, and the plaintiff’s business of buying stocks, as aforesaid, was transferred to and continued by the present defendants. It is found by the referee that the agreement made between…
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- Pomeroy v. . TannerNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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