Dryden v. Zell & Merceret

This appeal presents an inquiry into a certain stock transaction had by Samuel I. Ford, now deceased, acting through his agent, A. Lincoln Dryden, with the. firm of Zell & Merceret, who were licensed stock brokers of Baltimore City and members of the Stock Exchange. Samuel I. Ford, died in 1904, and this suit was brought against his administrator, Littleton T. Dryden, and resulted in a judgment against him in the Baltimore City Court for the sum of $1,414.37 to bind assets in his hands. From that judgment this appeal was taken.

The record brings up for review three questions only—two of which…