Wilson v. . Little
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the superior court of the city of New-York where James Wilson brought an action on the case against Jacob Little and others for wrongfully selling fifty shares of stock in the New-York and Erie Rail-Road Company. The cause was tried before Sandeord, J. in December, 1847, and the plaintiff had a verdict for $4000 damages, subject to the opinion of the court on a case to be made, with liberty to either party to turn the case into a bill of exceptions.
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Appeal from the superior court of the city of New-York where James Wilson brought an action on the case against Jacob Little and others for wrongfully selling fifty shares of stock in the New-York and Erie Rail-Road Company. The cause was tried before Sandeord, J. in December, 1847, and the plaintiff had a verdict for $4000 damages, subject to the opinion of the court on a case to be made, with liberty to either party to turn the case into a bill of exceptions. The amount of the verdict, if the plaintiff was entitled to recover, was also subject to. adjustment by the court. On a case being…
1Opinion of the CourtRuggles, J.
This was an action for wrongfully selling fifty shares of Erie rail-road stock, which the defendants Little & Co. had received in security for a loan of $2000 made by them to Wilson, through the agency of R. L. Cutting, a broker. The contract in writing was in these words:
“ New-York, Dec. 20, 1845.
$2000. I promise to pay Jacob Little or order two thousand dollars, for value received, with interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum, having deposited with them as collateral security, with authority to sell the same at the broker’s board, or at public auction, or at private sale, at…
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