Andrews v. Clark
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiff offered the eight prayers following ; 1. If the Court shall find from the evidence that during the years 1884 and 1885 the defendants were partners in business in the City of Baltimore and in the City of New York, under the respective names, in each city stated in the evidence, and that the business in which they were engaged was that of stock-brokers, and…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiff offered the eight prayers following ; 1. If the Court shall find from the evidence that during the years 1884 and 1885 the defendants were partners in business in the City of Baltimore and in the City of New York, under the respective names, in each city stated in the evidence, and that the business in which they were engaged was that of stock-brokers, and consisted in buying and selling for their customers stocks and other securities on commission, and that the sales and…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
In this case the action was brought by the appellee against the appellants for the non-delivery of certain railroad stocks purchased by the defendants for the plaintiff ; and for money paid by the plaintiff to the use of the defendants, by the fraudulent procurement of the alleged agent of the defendants, and by the mistake of the plaintiff.
The defendants are stock brokers, and while their principal house and place of business is in the City of New York, they have a branch house in the City of Baltimore, and the business is conducted in New York in the firm name of Peters, Schenck & Co., and…
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