Hornblower v. Abbot

This is an action of contract arising out of a written agreement for the sale of stock. At the request of the parties the judge of the Superior Court reported the case to this court upon an agreement as to all the material facts, without decision thereon, under G. L. c. 231, § 111.

The plaintiffs are stockbrokers having offices in Boston, Providence, Chicago, and certain other cities. The defendant, a resident of Cambridge in this Commonwealth, on January 22, 1916, called at the plaintiffs’ Chicago office and after talking with one Child, a representative of the plaintiffs, entered into a…