Gravenhorst v. Turner

The theory of the plaintiffs’ cause of action is that the defendants, as brokers, have failed in their duty toward the plaintiffs by whom they were employed, and thus occasioned the plaintiffs damage. The plaintiffs are commission merchants, with offices in the city of New York, and the defendants are duly licensed sugar brokers, with offices and places of business in the city of New York and the city of Philadelphia. On the 19th of May, 1920, plaintiffs received a cablegram from Antwerp offering them 600 tons of granulated sugar for shipment June, July and August at twenty-four and…