Legal Opinion
Alexas v. Post & Flagg
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 7, 1924No. 11537PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was. delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
Action for $2,375 damages alleged to have been sustained through the failure of the defendants to carry out the plaintiff’s instructions with reference to the sale of corn for future delivery on the Chicago Board of Trade.
The facts are as follows :
On July 9, 1920, the plaintiff, Alexas, living at Greenwood, S. C., wired the defendants, Post & Flagg, brokers, doing business in the City of New York: “Sell 5 Dec. Corn stop' loss 144.” It is conceded that the first part of the telegram was an order for the defendants to sell for the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Campbell v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Richter v. PoeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
- Martin v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Policastro v. Charles S. Sprague Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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