O'Connor v. Burns, Potter & Co.

This is a suit for an accounting of the acts and doings of the defendants in relation to the cash and securities delivered to them under an agreement and understanding between plaintiff and the defendants, and for a judgment for losses suffered by the plaintiff resulting from violation of the agreement and the duties and obligations owing to the plaintiff by the defendants growing out of the relationship created by such understanding and agreement, and inhering therein. The trial court found for the defendants and the plaintiff appeals.

The evidence shows that Burns, Potter & Company was a…