Leonard v. Woodruff

Michael Leonard, plaintiff, a Grand Rapids representative of a large insurance company, also solicited business through the Detroit office of the company. On October 2, 1929, while in Detroit, he called upon Abraham Ghysels, a former resident of Grand Rapids who had moved to Detroit and was employed by the brokerage firm of Don M. Woodruff & Company, defendants herein. During the previous four years, Leonard had been purchasing stock, sometimes for cash and occasionally on margin, from a number of brokerage houses. On his visit to Ghysels ’ office, his interest was aroused in Grand Rapids…