Howell v. First International Corp.

Action of contract to recover the purchase price of securities allegedly ©old in violation of the Blue Sky Law (General Laws, Chapter 110A).

In October 1929, the plaintiff requested the State Street Trust Company to purchase for her nine (9) certificates representing shares in both the Chase National Bank and the Ohase Securities Corporation. The State Street Trust Company ordered these certificates for the plaintiff from Bright, Sears & Co., a duly registered brokerage firm in this Commonwealth. Bright, Sears & Co. purchased the certificates from the defendant corporation and paid for them…