Des Jardins v. Hotchkin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Emile Gr. Des Jardins, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered .in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of October, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The defendants were stockbrokers and the plaintiff was their customer. On the 5th day of April, 1905, plaintiff opened an account with the defendants by depositing with them $500 for the purpose of speculating. in stocks on margins, and he subsequently made additional deposits with them aggregating $2,000. From, time to time he gave them orders to purchase and to sell securities and they reported the execution of his orders. On or about the 22d day of May, 1905, they rendered him a statement of his account showing that they held no securities for him, but owed' him a balancé of…
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